patrolling

Example Sentences

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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

“We have a ton of patrolling still going on.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Elsewhere, what used to be roaming bands of Hadzabe men now work as village forest guards, tasked with patrolling vast scrub forests and acacia bushlands to look out for poachers, land grabbers and illegal loggers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

AFP reporters saw bomb squads patrolling Naypyidaw hotels ahead of the ceremony, and parliament was sequestered by rings of checkpoints.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Short creatures with long shadows, patrolling the Blurry End.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy