gendarme
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Outside, TV crews stood at the ready and a comedian dressed as a gendarme sold “genuine fake Swiss passports.”
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025
The boat was rescued from there by the Senegalese gendarme and brought to Saint-Louis.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
Wright also added that a gendarme caught on film with a firearm would be identified and prosecuted.
From Reuters ● Oct. 21, 2022
While few details have been confirmed, Le Parisien newspaper reported that François V was a 59-year-old former gendarme - a policeman attached to the French military.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2021
On most nights, the people stayed at the site long after this gendarme had gone and told stories to one another beneath the big blank screen.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
Soldiers from France’s counterterrorism operation will also be deployed to guard government buildings and other sensitive sites, freeing police and gendarmes to respond to unrest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
Almost 2,000 people were arrested on Thursday alone and 305 police officers and gendarmes were injured, according to the Interior Ministry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
In Gironde, about 2,500 firefighters, 1,500 military personnel, and 1,200 police officers and gendarmes have been involved in tackling the blaze.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
But justice officials and gendarmes acted so slowly that over the next nine months Barella was not even contacted.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
By 1 A.M., the gendarmes have lost control, and no trains have arrived or departed in over four hours.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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