patrol
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is deploying more maritime patrol aircraft, drones and radar systems to the Black Sea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Maritime drones powered by sun and wind that can stay at sea for months will patrol Fiji's waters for drug traffickers and other threats under a deal with Australia announced Friday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
The DEC also released other calls between the agency and other departments, including the police and highway patrol.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
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
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
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"We have increased patrols in the area and we are speaking to community leaders to provide further reassurance."
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
There also were patrols, detectives and special investigators.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Harris said officers would be doing "high-visibility patrols" in the area and that letters had been sent out to the households closest to the incident.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Fire patrols and operations are from about 10 am to 1 pm, "then working at home again until night", she said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
The cabin, just inside the boundary of De-nali National Park, had been stocked with a small amount of emergency food, bedding, and first-aid supplies for the use of backcountry rangers on their winter patrols.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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Public transport was operating and a few shops were open, while pro-government forces patrolled the streets.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
During the Second World War, he became a member of the Home Guard and patrolled Conwy estuary in the event of an enemy invasion.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 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
I drove to my job at a middle school, where more legal observers patrolled outside.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
And now a chill settled over them where they stood, and Harry heard the rasping breath of the dementors that patrolled the outer trees.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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Soldiers were also seen patrolling parts of the city.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 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
She said Mohammed was killed after running away from soldiers patrolling their village of Al-Rihiya, in the south of the occupied West Bank.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
If you have pets, keep them inside when a bear is patrolling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Cullen was a "beach pounder," and one of his duties was patrolling the three-mile stretch of desolate shoreline for any suspicious activity.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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