law and order
Example Sentences
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Kennedy stressed law and order so ardently, Mr. Jentleson relates, that Richard Nixon complained that people thought “Bobby is more of a law-and-order man than I am!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
If he supports law and order, they don’t have to be antipolice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Sustainable gains on law and order are years away at best, despite the heroism of Harfuch’s Untouchables.
From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026
On Wednesday, appearing at the White House for a Black History Month reception, the president told us we need law and order.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026
At the time of Anna’s murder, the Osage County sheriff, who carried the bulk of responsibility for maintaining law and order in the area, was a fifty-eight-year-old, three-hundred-pound frontiersman named Harve M. Freas.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
