policeman
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Byfield, meanwhile, accused the policeman of giving false testimony during the earlier drunkenness case.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
With a policeman in charge of the program, there’s no more off-the-field games being played — only hard work trying to get back to the top.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Dressed in a shabby old coat and chic beret—“a look halfway between woman of mystery and lobster fisher”—Nora aims to thwart a dangerous psychopath while protecting the policeman with whom she’s increasingly smitten.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
After a rough start, including a run-in with an irritating policeman, she lands at the home of a baker, Osono, who gives her a place to stay in exchange for labor and her delivery services.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
I'm glad when the policeman orders me to sit and leaves me alone in a chair for a while.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
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From early childhood he was taught to identify and steer clear of FBI, CIA and plainclothes policemen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
As a result, more than 75,000 policemen, soldiers and private security officers were activated for the opening ceremony, and camouflaged soldiers carrying assault rifles became a common sight outside venues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
Firefighters used an excavator to remove broken glass and gnarled metal strewn across the site as policemen with pump-action rifles patrolled on motorbike to prevent looting.
From Barron's ● Jan. 4, 2026
Afterwards, Gandhi presided over waves of civil disobedience protests, encouraging supporters of the Indian National Congress to manufacture contraband salt, boycott foreign goods, and face down phalanxes of lathi-wielding policemen.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025
The crowd stood its ground, and then more policemen arrived, shoving and herding us back out onto the midway, where our view was soon blocked by emergency vehicles.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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