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Soon, local dance halls were forced to adhere to the policewoman’s new regulations, from changing their provocative business names to installing better lighting to barring men from approaching women without a formal introduction by an usher.—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025 The new policewoman’s main duties included supervising and enforcing laws relating to dance halls, skating rinks, penny arcades, movie theaters and other places of public recreation.—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025 Nonetheless, the position of policewoman was such a resounding public relations success that Los Angeles soon expanded its roster to three female police officers and three police matrons.—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025 In Andrea Gets a Divorce, hope turns into a whole set of emotions as a countryside policewoman yearning for a promotion faces a moral quandary after accidentally killing her soon-to-be-ex in a hit-and-run accident.—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for policewoman
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