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policeman

[puh-lees-muhn] / pəˈlis mən /


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A photo on social media from before 2014 shows him in Ukrainian police uniform, with a badge identifying him as a traffic policeman.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

Willis was alternately a policeman and a naval officer.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

According to family lore, my policeman grandfather was on duty at Yankee Stadium on the evening of June 22, 1938, when he started chatting with a man from out of town.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

The gentle Douglas Gilmour—legal guardian of Patience and a colleague of her late policeman father—is reprised by the very welcome Adrian Rawlins.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

It's a bearded policeman, on the roof with us.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman

Pictures from the protest show policemen holding shields trying to stop the students as they marched towards the Hotel Indonesia roundabout, a Jakarta landmark.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

Flashing cars carrying heavily armed policemen are patrolling the capital.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 25, 2026

Months earlier, he had reunited with one of the policemen in the video, Stoll Watt, to announce an upcoming documentary into his obscure and eccentric life.

From BBC Mar. 30, 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

To most of the policemen, there was only one way to solve their problems.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler




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