rove
Example Sentences
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Among their demands is requiring officers to wear and turn on body cameras, banning them from wearing masks, and ending the practice of “roving patrols” and instead requiring that they carry out only targeted operations.
From Los Angeles Times
In a paper published in the journal “Cell,” they break down the remarkable ability of one species of rove beetle to live among the typically combative ants.
From Los Angeles Times
They were far less menacing than the roving patrols of soldiers and police officers that were ubiquitous in France.
From Los Angeles Times
The Fed’s roving remit and grand ambitions, however, expanded its surface area and exposed its vulnerability even more.
Before his arrival, the federal deployment had been characterized by large groups of roving patrols, sweeping streets looking for people to arrest.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
