Example Sentences

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Plainclothesmen unobtrusively roam the block, and inside the buildings armed guards watch passers-by through bulletproof windows.

From Time Magazine Archive

Plainclothesmen roamed the streets in squads of three to watch for second-story men and the light-footed correntisti, hit & run thieves who rely on their fleetness to escape the law.

From Time Magazine Archive