polices

Example Sentences

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As part of a highly credentialed startup team that worked on this problem for many years, I saw firsthand how difficult it is to make progress against a cartel that polices its own borders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 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

The society now protects and polices about one hundred of these refuges, which, of course, are worthless unless thus protected.

From A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open by Roosevelt, Theodore