policemen
Example Sentences
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The question roiling this southern African country is more existential: Are the animals personal pets, or furry policemen?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026
Firefighters used an excavator to remove broken glass and gnarled metal strewn across the site as policemen with pump-action rifles patrolled on motorbike to prevent looting.
From Barron's • Jan. 4, 2026
In ways that could not be captured in written sources, photographs demonstrate women taking nationalist activities into their own hands: challenging policemen, drumming up support for boycotts, addressing crowds, directing salt production, and courting arrest.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025
The line was “hundreds of meters, 150 meters. And there were policemen there to patrol it.”
From Slate • Nov. 13, 2025
As Ellsberg turned toward the policemen waiting for him at the top of the courthouse steps, a reporter shouted: “Do you have any concern about the possibility of going to prison for this?”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
