Palm Beach

American

noun

a town in SE Florida: seaside winter resort.

Palm Beach British

noun

a town in SE Florida, on an island between Lake Worth (a lagoon) and the Atlantic: major resort and tourist centre. Pop: 9759 (2003 est)

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Howell and his worker, then based in Palm Beach, Fla., had inflated their clients’ write-offs and fabricated expenses for years, prosecutors alleged in the indictment.

From MarketWatch

At the time, Epstein was a money manager and jet-setting financier who, with his girlfriend Maxwell, was hobnobbing with the world's wealthiest from Buckingham Palace to Palm Beach and collecting powerful friends along the way.

From BBC

Secret Service agents and a Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy.

From Los Angeles Times

Security at Mar-a-Lago is extremely tight, with an outer cordon of local Palm Beach sheriffs and an inner one maintained by the Secret Service.

From BBC

Secret Service agents, joined by a deputy from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, confronted the man after he breached the secure perimeter.

From Salon

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