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police

[puh-lees] / pəˈlis /


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After Digwa's sentencing, Nowak's father Mark called for a "full, fearless and transparent" investigation into the police response.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

It’s not my job to police your feelings, but it is my job — since you asked — to point out that feelings can evolve with understanding and not a small amount of self-reflection.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

The demonstrations drew large crowds, but a stronger police presence helped limit vandalism and property damage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

They have documented a surge in threats against Australian lawmakers in recent years -- with 1,067 incidents reported to police in 2025 alone.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

The police car is already halfway down the road, moving slowly as if the driver is looking for the right house, checking the numbers on the gates as they pass.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Mills pointed to polices such as control areas for the number of short-term lets and an ongoing review of how key workers are allocated council housing.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

About 40% of seniors in traditional Medicare buy supplemental insurance polices to cover benefits like dental and vision care not provided by the government and for protection against catastrophic costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

“Right now is the moment to do a lot of the movement work, a lot of the policymaking, because those polices are going to last far beyond Trump,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

“Not all term polices have conversion features,” Harrison said.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 13, 2026

As Uncle Sam polices the two Americas, and John Bull the seas of the world, so the Mikado undertakes to police the sea lanes of the Orient.

From The Canadian Commonwealth by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut

At Google and Microsoft, employee discourse became disruptive enough that the companies policed internal message boards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

It was the era of “Urban Cowboy” and purity was being policed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

"I feel like a stranger," she said of her recent experience of her home city, echoing several women who told AFP the fear of being policed made them stay home.

From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026

And as the pit-lane speed limit is policed by the time taken to pass through a series of timing loops over a specific distance, that meant the drivers were wrongly penalised.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

A peek at the entries for these words in any dictionary will show that Macdonald was wrong about the inevitable degeneration of a language that is not policed by lexicographers.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

I asked Oyin about the brand risk of policing points.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

In his award-winning essay, young British science writer Adrian Dredge wrote about the potential pitfalls of AI and policing.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

The government has mobilized 70,000 officers nationwide from the police and gendarmerie, a branch of the armed forces with policing duties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Their demands vary, but they are united in wanting to make their often marginalised voices heard, sometimes even with radical methods in the face of heavy-handed policing.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

In a brilliant bit of policing, the investigation had successfully established what everyone already knew.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day


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