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patrol

[puh-trohl] / pəˈtroʊl /




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He started on road patrol, then last year moved to financial crimes, where he began cracking cyber scams considered almost hopeless.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

Among the party’s least well-known proposals is the creation of a volunteer militia under the authority of the municipal police to help authorities patrol smaller communities.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

They are produced in bone marrow and then enter the bloodstream, where they patrol for bacterial, viral, and fungal threats.

From Science Daily Sep. 3, 2026

Neighbouring Algeria, which has recently moved to improve ties with Niger, sent two Russian-made patrol planes.

From Barron's Aug. 30, 2026

There, he jumped off his horse, leaped into the water, and swam toward a British patrol boat, yelling for help.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

“We are stepping up patrols of the property to be safe,” Duron said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2026

The two countries have revived a high-level dialogue on their disputed boundary by special representatives and come to agreements on military patrols in two disputed areas.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

The provincial government has said it has nearly 14,500 fire-fighting personnel out in the field, with nine aircraft available for water-bombing, three for patrols and one for cloud-seeding operations trying to make rain.

From Barron's Sep. 6, 2026

Organizations working with Haitians in Springfield started stockpiling supplies and forming ICE patrols to prepare for a similar enforcement surge as in Minneapolis — but the surge never arrived.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

We make our way north and east through the catacombs, stopping only to avoid passing Martial patrols.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Police patrolled Doonbeg's main street this week as preparations intensified for what security sources have described as one of the most complex security operations ever mounted in Ireland.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

During the Second World War, he became a member of the Home Guard and patrolled Conwy estuary in the event of an enemy invasion.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

I drove to my job at a middle school, where more legal observers patrolled outside.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

He also patrolled left field and snared a line drive to end the top of the fourth.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 7, 2026

We were guarded by the same young women who had patrolled the corridors at Scheveningen.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

The critically endangered animals were found Tuesday by rangers patrolling in the Balasore district of India's eastern Odisha state.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

Instead, these legendary predators may still be quietly patrolling the region's waters, largely unseen.

From Science Daily Jun. 26, 2026

Even after the strikes, Israeli drones stayed in the air patrolling for almost an hour, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal May 27, 2026

Officers were seen patrolling the cordon and shouted at several cyclists who at one point attempted to pass through a cycle lane within the cordon.

From BBC May 23, 2026

Black Panthers from around the country, in sky blue T-shirts with pictures of black panthers on them stood tall, patrolling the park.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia




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