patrol
Example Sentences
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Lord knows what the neighborhood will look like without her on patrol.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
On 20 October 2012, Roberts-Smith – by then a patrol commander – was sent into Syachow village to look for an insurgent dubbed "Objective Pine".
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
For years, researchers questioned whether macrophages, the immune cells that patrol the body and clean up debris, could truly become senescent.
From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026
When I was in Iraq, on patrol and during emergency responder training, I was given the option of picking my own radio call sign.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 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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