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patrol

[puh-trohl] / pəˈtroʊl /




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They patrol the dusty territory in a westward crook of the Irrawaddy river in ragtag columns and outfitted with rocket-propelled grenades, flak jackets, tote bags and flip-flops.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

A J-15 jet fighter launched from one of them tailed a Japanese patrol craft for 40 minutes, at one point coming within a horizontal distance of 150 feet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

In the 77th patrol area, which covers South L.A. around Florence Boulevard, 12 of the 20 people killed there through mid-September were Black, a Times analysis found.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

The attackers had fled by the time they arrived but they continued to patrol the area to restore calm, they told BBC News on Saturday.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

“They were a gift,” I said, trying not to deviate too far from the original lie I’d told the border patrol agent early that morning.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

Police officers remain in the area carrying out patrols and speaking with residents, young people and local businesses.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Some would-be Chinese immigrants tried slipping in from Canada and Mexico, prompting the government to launch America’s first border patrols.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Mercado's former colleagues tell him that during their patrols, things are "very quiet."

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

The Metropolitan Police said it had increased its patrols in the local area since the incident.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Besides, maybe I'm fooling myself to begin with—maybe the Girl is wrong and the patrols aren't even coming for my family.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu

During the Second World War, he became a member of the Home Guard and patrolled Conwy estuary in the event of an enemy invasion.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 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

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

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

Troops patrolled Tell, moving between different parts of the village, while residents offered condolences to the families of the four men killed, AFP journalists reported.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

He was inevitably surprised by one of the Outside Cats that patrolled the back porch as part of her domain.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

"But they are still patrolling for cancer over 70 days out -- and they're still very functional."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

Monowara, 35, a garment worker in Gazipur, said large numbers of police officers were still patrolling the area.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

Material that he was working on a reality show that promises to take viewers behind the scenes of patrolling the city’s streets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

ICE had been patrolling the neighborhood, he told me, and when the man drove away from the shop with his vehicle fixed, there were five cars on him within a minute.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

It seemed they were patrolling the streets every time I looked out.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler


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