gendarmerie
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A bike racing controversy that doesn’t involve a rogue doctor and a midnight raid by the gendarmerie?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Once on Spanish territory, they were intercepted by Spain's Guardia Civil gendarmerie at sea but managed to escape.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
"We are looking into the likelihood of a fire being started deliberately," a spokesperson for the gendarmerie told Reuters.
From BBC ● May 24, 2025
Four mobile gendarmerie squadrons are being deployed as reinforcements, including 15 gendarmes from an elite intervention unit.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2024
Determined to investigate the matter to the utmost, he had already despatched two of his servants to the town of St. Flour, to command the instant attendance of a detachment of gendarmerie.
From A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest by Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards
