police
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Nepali police urged all rescuers to "immediately move to a safe location", saying they had received information that "a water dam has burst again on the Tibetan side".
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
Nepal's police announced a new death toll of at least 547 people.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Dozens of calls and complaints were made to L.A. city departments and police, he said, but went unaddressed — with officials telling him they couldn’t go inside the private property.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
The BBC has contacted police and the fire service.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The Dutch police were barely a step away from the Nazi soldiers.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Those who benefit from these polices already will not lose those advantages.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
“Not all term polices have conversion features,” Harrison said.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 13, 2026
It polices remedies and the finality of convictions, not the enforceability of unconstitutional laws going forward.
From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2026
The statewide agency, which mainly polices traffic violations on freeways and oversees state property, has sworn in more than 600 new officers this year — a total that many departments would envy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2025
It is England that polices the Seven Seas, and America has reaped no small benefits from the self-imposed task, an aspect of the matter to which every thoughtful American is alive.
From The Crime Against Europe A Possible Outcome of the War of 1914 by Roger Casement
Visitors are advised to not wander far from the heavily policed capital.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 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
In response to our reporting, a spokeswoman for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said prediction markets should be brought onshore, where they can be more effectively policed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
At first, the Supreme Court policed these discriminatory plans under the 14th and 15th amendments.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2026
The stock market was not only transparent but heavily policed.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
A former RUC officer, who gave his name as Joe, described policing the standoff at Drumcree as "horrendous".
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Legislators advanced bills, backed by California’s powerful trial lawyer trade group, aimed at policing the state’s legal industry, which has been bruised by ‘a wave of inappropriate attorney conduct’ highlighted by The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
How does bias enter algorithms used in policing?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
But policing the market is hard because much of the industry isn’t regulated and transactions can be anonymous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The New York City police will tell you that what happened in New York was that the city’s policing strategies dramatically improved.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
