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patrol

[puh-trohl] / pəˈtroʊl /




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Maritime drones powered by sun and wind that can stay at sea for months will patrol Fiji's waters for drug traffickers and other threats under a deal with Australia announced Friday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The DEC also released other calls between the agency and other departments, including the police and highway patrol.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

It is 06:00 and I'm meeting drone pilot Pete Short for a dawn patrol in the Cairngorms National Park.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Highway patrol troopers make the bulk of the stops in those states, either for apparent infractions or based on a tip from DHS.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

President Johnson and Secretary of Defense McNamara were telling the world that the American destroyers had been on a routine patrol in the Gulf of Tonkin.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

Elizabeth Strater, director of strategic campaigns and national vice president of UFW, said farmworkers began reporting the immigration enforcement patrols on Oct.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Fire patrols and operations are from about 10 am to 1 pm, "then working at home again until night", she said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

He stands about two feet tall and patrols the skies above Ford’s 12.1-million-square-foot plant in the northern Mexican city about 175 miles from the U.S. border.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Toronto police have increased patrols outside synagogues and places of worship out of an abundance of caution.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Another two months to fortify and hide it from the prying eyes of aux patrols.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Police patrolled Doonbeg's main street this week as preparations intensified for what security sources have described as one of the most complex security operations ever mounted in Ireland.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

He brought with him perhaps 60,000 soldiers, along with numerous cannons, some of enormous size, to besiege the city; a newly constructed fleet patrolled the Bosporus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

As an experienced water user, Todd had given them advice on safety, including swimming between the red and yellow flags marking the area patrolled by lifeguards.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

I drove to my job at a middle school, where more legal observers patrolled outside.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

I patrolled to make sure the work got done and no one was loitering.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

Over time, it has become harder to locate the mines, compounding the challenge of patrolling the strip.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Soldiers were also seen patrolling parts of the city.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The critically endangered animals were found Tuesday by rangers patrolling in the Balasore district of India's eastern Odisha state.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

On June 9, the president posted at 12:38 p.m. that Iran had shot down an Apache helicopter that was patrolling the Strait of Hormuz, adding, “The United States must, of necessity, respond to this attack.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Four armed guards were patrolling the parking lot, and cars were parked all around the wire-netting fence that surrounded the former football field.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke


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