patrol car

Example Sentences

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The patrol car pulls up and immediately it's a confrontation.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

Former presidential candidate Enrique Marquez, one of the first to be released, was driven home in a patrol car.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

Higgs’s dashcam showed a few drops of rain hitting the windshield of his patrol car about an hour after police arrived.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

After several failed attempts to deflate it, the officers finally managed to squash it into the back of a patrol car.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2025

Perry, as the patrol car drew alongside, nodded.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote