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patrol

[puh-trohl] / pəˈtroʊl /




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A man at the location was handcuffed and placed in a patrol car briefly before he was released.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Highway patrol troopers make the bulk of the stops in those states, either for apparent infractions or based on a tip from DHS.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

She added that Beijing also added more patrol boats and new or planned deportation facilities along its northeastern border.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

The Journal joined a recent night patrol with a customs boat along the southern coast and into the Guadalquivir River.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

At the station, in the freezing darkness lit only by antiaircraft searchlights looking for Luftwaffe planes to shoot down, one young woman was on patrol.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

He stands about two feet tall and patrols the skies above Ford’s 12.1-million-square-foot plant in the northern Mexican city.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

In response, Tustin increased patrols around the park and installed cameras and new lighting in an effort to deter criminal activity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

A spokesperson for Colmore and Southside Business Improvement Districts said wardens had, on occasion, witnessed groups of riders while carrying out patrols and had shared information with relevant agencies where appropriate.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 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

According to Eddie Diamond, who heard it from one of the Greenies, she took a greedy pleasure in night patrols.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

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

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

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

Whereas the Indian Ocean is heavily patrolled by the European Union Naval Force, which oversees anti-piracy operations in Somalia, the Gulf of Aden is more lightly protected.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

The area last week was surrounded by surveillance cameras and patrolled by National Guardsmen as lifelong resident John Cates strolled the area.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

Once this controversy was put aside, members of the Free African Society patrolled the streets daily, rounding up the ill and finding shelter for homeless children.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

The number of gendarmes patrolling the coast within Dieppe and further to nearly the Le Havre area have been increased, she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Residents noticed increased security in recent weeks—more police patrolling the surrounding area and entrances to the base blocked by heavy equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

To be fair, I don’t know how a quiet-phone rule is supposed to be enforced, short of officers patrolling trains all day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026

Later that evening Brother Alf was patrolling his stretch of wall when he noticed a movement in the ferns at the edge of Mossflower Wood.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques




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