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police

[puh-lees] / pəˈlis /


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Copenhagen police announced that they would increase security for coming days.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026

Nvidia will likely have to implement new policies to police its own sales in China and other markets like Singapore that could serve as conduits to Chinese customers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Detectives said Reason, of Church Lane in Buxton, was a police exhibits officer based in Ripley.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

They said Congress needs to extend the same legal accountability to federal agents that has long applied to police and other state and local officials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

A police officer was just rounding the corner.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

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

“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

One section polices the camp within the company police limits.

From Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army of the United States 1917 to be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training by U. S. War Department

Giancarlo: Traditional gambling, which is well policed by state authorities, involves a booking.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

For thousands of years, Mr. Bond observes, thinkers have policed the animal-human boundary, seeking to keep both sides separate and establish humans as overlords of the natural world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Zoë Billingham, a former independent police inspector who pushed for reforms on how violence against women in girls is policed, said that "too often in cases like this the dots aren't being joined up".

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Visitors are advised to not wander far from the heavily policed capital.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

Residents of El Campesino El Mirador, a railside hamlet nestled at the foot of a mountain, tell this story: El Campesino El Mirador was policed by officers from nearby Nogales.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

Today, Beijing maintains extensive commercial and policing ties with Pacific Island nations, none of which want to completely freeze out China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

The groups date back half a century, to the days of the Little Devils, whose mostly white members had matching tattoos and engaged in aggressive policing of mostly Latino communities in East Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Senior officers say they are investing in technology to combat e-bikes, but said this was not just a policing problem, and would need a broader effort to tackle the issue.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

"As such, we looked at the wider pattern of offences this year in relation to the Orange hall and adopted a different policing approach," McManus said.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

He tried to neatly type up his reports and touted the virtues of scientific policing.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann


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