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Recent Examples of jailer
That officer Rafael Moreno, a jailer for nine years, and Lt. Joel Garcia, a 24-year employee, were fired in connection with his death.
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Noah Alcala Bach, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2024
The lawsuit says a team of jailers held her down during the injection, dislocating her thumb.
—Tim Evans, The Indianapolis Star, 11 June 2024
Eventually, after consulting with the district attorney, the jailers reluctantly accepted the prisoner.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
Six inmates and two jailers were hospitalized after ‘toxic substance’ exposure at women’s jail in Lynwood.
—Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
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Noah Alcala Bach, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2024
The lawsuit says a team of jailers held her down during the injection, dislocating her thumb.
—Tim Evans, The Indianapolis Star, 11 June 2024
Eventually, after consulting with the district attorney, the jailers reluctantly accepted the prisoner.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
Six inmates and two jailers were hospitalized after ‘toxic substance’ exposure at women’s jail in Lynwood.
—Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jailer
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Prosecutors say Allen actually confessed over 60 times to the killings while in prison, to his wife, his mother, family members, the prison warden, the psychologist who treated him in prison, other prison employees and other inmates.Zoe Sottile, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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Her attorneys have filed a motion accusing the prison warden of disregarding a lawful order by not releasing her yet.Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2024
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And was the flirtation between Elsbeth and fire marshal Jake legitimately hot (no pun intended)?Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 25 Oct. 2024
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Fayetteville firefighters responded to a multi-alarm fire on the second floor of Leverett Gardens Apartments in the 2100 block of North Leverett Avenue just before 8 a.m. Monday, according to fire marshals.Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 21 Oct. 2024
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In the older strata, the animals were preserved in three dimensions, often in sleeping positions or in nests, or as a guardian of nests, a predator attacking a mammal, or even dinos locked in a fight.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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In these accounts parents act as guardians and the children are the beneficiaries until the child reaches the age of majority (usually 18, but sometimes 21) in their state.Stephanie Dhue,Sharon Epperson, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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D’Onta Foreman had a 38-yard run on the second play of the drive, and Sam Darnold scored on an option keeper.Dave Birkett, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2022
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Egan’s 1-yard touchdown run on a fourth-down keeper pulled the Chargers within 28-26 with 4:57 left in the third quarter.Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 26 Nov. 2022
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This poses a serious challenge to the custodians of the existing system of national security policymaking: the uniformed military and the civil service that make up the vast majority of people tasked with overseeing any president’s agenda.Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024
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The screenplay by Tom DeNucci (Vault) follows Rickey, a high school custodian whose world is rocked when his girlfriend, Kelly, is selected to play hockey for Team USA and compete in the World Games, thus leaving him behind.Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2024
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Shot in Ontario, Canada, with production led by Exit 44 Entertainment and Palo Pictures, the film centers on Mia (Quinn), who wakes up chained in a remote cabin, only to witness her captor, David (Cuffe), burying a body outside.Matt Grobar, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
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In Springfield, Missouri, a woman recently went viral after posting videos showing her and her husband using an Apple tracking device to lead them to their yard sign's captor, who also had 59 other yard signs in the trunk of his car.Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Jailer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jailer. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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