patrol
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Seven French military personnel, five members at a maritime rescue coordination centre and two sailors aboard a patrol vessel have been under investigation since 2023 for failing to help a person in danger.
From Barron's ● 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
Hallaq's uncle, also named Mohammed Hallaq, told AFP that his nephew was killed by a stray bullet during a confrontation between the army patrol and a group of older youths.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Coast Guard this year deployed more nimble patrol craft in Subic Bay for the first time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
President Johnson and Secretary of Defense McNamara were telling the world that the American destroyers had been on a routine patrol in the Gulf of Tonkin.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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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 U.S. uses air and naval patrols and firepower in an effort to suppress threats as they emerge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
While regular police and military patrols now keep the zama zamas at bay, the community lives with the damage, said 63-year-old resident Sarah Rakgwanhla.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Nigerien authorities say security forces have increased patrols around key sites in Niamey following the attempted takeover, including the main airport entrance and the presidential pavilion.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
By noon, confused patrols were flying over the mountains.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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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
He brought with him perhaps 60,000 soldiers, along with numerous cannons, some of enormous size, to besiege the city; a newly constructed fleet patrolled the Bosporus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
As an experienced water user, Todd had given them advice on safety, including swimming between the red and yellow flags marking the area patrolled by lifeguards.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
I drove to my job at a middle school, where more legal observers patrolled outside.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
In a concrete courtyard patrolled by armed guards, Daniel Ellsberg sat talking with Randy Kehler, the antiwar activist whose words had so inspired him.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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Police have been patrolling the entrance of the hospital, and the glass from shattered windows lay scattered on the pavement mixed with medical masks.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
And he has been patrolling the skies and the lawns since 2008, ruling the roost at the centuries old site.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Instead, these legendary predators may still be quietly patrolling the region's waters, largely unseen.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
“We have a ton of patrolling still going on.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
They’d been patrolling the entire perimeter of the old city.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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