patrol
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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
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“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
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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
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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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