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Merrick

American  
[mer-ik] / ˈmɛr ɪk /

noun

  1. David David Margulies, 1912–2000, U.S. theatrical producer.

  2. a town on SW Long Island, in SE New York.


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Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York and the Justice Department, working for then-attorney general and deputy attorney general Janet Reno and Merrick Garland.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Bondi responded by asking why Lieu did not bring those questions to former Attorney General Merrick Garland.

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026

By the time Attorney General Merrick Garland named the prosecutor to the job—in November 2022—the Justice Department had been investigating the events of Jan. 6 for 22 months and had charged hundreds of people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

As a law student at the University of California’s volatile Berkeley campus in the 1970s, Merrick Bobb was once stopped by an angry Oakland cop and accused of intentionally driving his car toward the officer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2025

It was about a man who lived more than a hundred years ago named John Merrick who was terribly deformed.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio

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