gendarme
Example Sentences
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After unrest erupted overnight Tuesday, Mr. Darmanin said that 2,000 police officers and gendarmes would be deployed across the Paris region on Wednesday evening to contain any more violence.
From New York Times
There were no gendarmes on Trump’s tail, no threat of violence or self-harm, no real suspense.
From Washington Post
Four people — two gendarmes and two protesters — were hospitalized in serious condition.
From Seattle Times
“They come to destroy, to injure and to kill police officers and gendarmes,” the minister said Monday when discussing the policing, according to The Associated Press.
From Washington Times
When Wick faces off against challengers at the Arc de Triomphe in “Chapter 4,” there are no gendarmes, no blaring sirens or screaming bystanders to interrupt the kinetic flow.
From New York Times
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