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patrolling



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"But they are still patrolling for cancer over 70 days out -- and they're still very functional."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

Material that he was working on a reality show that promises to take viewers behind the scenes of patrolling the city’s streets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

ICE had been patrolling the neighborhood, he told me, and when the man drove away from the shop with his vehicle fixed, there were five cars on him within a minute.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

The grim discovery was made by a security company patrolling the area.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

The hubbub of the party did not concern the soldiers patrolling the streets because it was a neighborhood where they expected no opposition.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende


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