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police

[puh-lees] / pəˈlis /


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The joint investigation pointed to two key locations — a place in South Los Angeles where people were buying the converters and a place in Norwalk where the converters were being stored, police said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

This was one of the reasons police struggled to find him after the shooting, says Dr Vincent Hurley, a former police hostage negotiator who now lectures on policing at Macquarie University.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

On March 29, police arrested 13 protestors at a small rally on Moscow’s Bolotnaya Square.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

On Rue Mohamed V, the street where Moroccan vendors are based in the Senegalese capital, a police van is parked.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

In the central foyer of the police station with half a dozen German soldiers looking on.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom