give security
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In his first address as acting president, a speech broadcast on television, Ranil Wickremesinghe said the order would give security forces sweeping powers to detain anyone who violates a nationwide, 24-hour curfew.
From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2022
The government is planning to introduce new legislation to give security services greater powers and is considering a new law requiring people working on behalf of foreign states to formally register their activities.
From Washington Times • Jul. 22, 2020
The government declared the eastern bank liberated on Jan. 24, but paused the offensive to give security forces a chance to recuperate.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2017
Other efforts broadly aimed at containing foreign influences include new national-security and counterterrorism laws that outline threats to China’s interests and give security forces stronger legal footing to curb them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2016
His task was to give security to the harried frontiers of Virginia and Pennsylvania, and to clear the French out of the Ohio valley.
From A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical by Lucas, Charles Prestwood
