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Recent Examples of policewoman
On December 17, 2010, a policewoman confiscated the unlicensed vegetable cart of a twenty-six-year-old street vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi, in the small Tunisian city of Sidi Bouzid.
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Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 1 May 2011
It was caught on video June 3, 2024 Cellphone video shows Hernandez calling out for her father in Spanish before she’s pushed back by a policewoman.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
Eleven protesters were injured, and a policewoman was killed: all the spokes of Matar’s lingering, melancholy new novel connect to this transforming event.
—The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
Mary Hamilton, New York City’s famous policewoman, was assigned to investigate.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 4 May 2024
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Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 1 May 2011
It was caught on video June 3, 2024 Cellphone video shows Hernandez calling out for her father in Spanish before she’s pushed back by a policewoman.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
Eleven protesters were injured, and a policewoman was killed: all the spokes of Matar’s lingering, melancholy new novel connect to this transforming event.
—The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
Mary Hamilton, New York City’s famous policewoman, was assigned to investigate.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 4 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for policewoman
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Willis, known for portraying the policeman and sometimes a naval officer in the group, spoke with Morning Edition about the upcoming performance.—
Phil Harrell,
NPR,
20 Jan. 2025
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Nathan Howard | Reuters President Joe Biden on Sunday signed the Social Security Fairness Act, bipartisan legislation that clears the way for teachers, firefighters, policeman and other public sector workers who also receive pension income to receive increases in their Social Security benefits.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
5 Jan. 2025
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The bloodshed came less than three hours after 15-year-old Heath Campbell was shot in the head and a 16-year-old boy was hit in the shoulder about a mile away — on E. 93rd St. near Rutland Road in East Flatbush — just before 3:35 p.m., cops said.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
29 Jan. 2025
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Read Next National 9-year-old boy fatally shot by his stepdad, Wisconsin cops say.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Kansas City Star,
28 Jan. 2025
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If state lawmakers approve the proposal, Simpson would become the state’s chief immigration officer and would oversee how local and state law enforcement agencies enforce Trump’s immigration agenda.—
Lawrence Mower,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2025
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Darwin Gomez, 20, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault in July for kicking one of the officers and received a 364-day jail term.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2025
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The pro-Palestinian demonstrators were met by a handful of counter protestors who held an Israeli flag and American flag, while several police officers on horses were also positioned in the middle of the street.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
25 Jan. 2025
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The city has asserted that Johnson was shot amid chaos during which police officers manning a skirmish line were fending off bottles and rocks being thrown at them.—
Robert Salonga,
The Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2025
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In another case, OLS DPS troopers pulled over the driver of an 18-wheeler on IH-35 who gave consent to search his vehicle.—
Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
19 Jan. 2025
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State troopers responded to a report of the crash at 7:47 p.m. on Route 72 West in the area of Exit 2, according to Connecticut State Police.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
17 Jan. 2025
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Northern policemen such as Philadelphia constable George Alberti, who actually lived not far from Still, profited by moonlighting as a kidnapper for the plantation economy.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
10 Jan. 2025
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Lindemann has been a constable for three years and served 28 years in the Texas Department of Public Safety.—
Claire Osborn,
Austin American-Statesman,
15 Oct. 2024
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“Policewoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/policewoman. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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