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patrol

[puh-trohl] / pəˈtroʊl /




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He started on road patrol, then last year moved to financial crimes, where he began cracking cyber scams considered almost hopeless.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

Cayabyab told AFP on Friday evening that the first transfer had been capped at 30 bodies due to the capacity of the patrol vessel transporting them and that additional cadavers remained on the ferry.

From Barron's Sep. 12, 2026

They are produced in bone marrow and then enter the bloodstream, where they patrol for bacterial, viral, and fungal threats.

From Science Daily Sep. 3, 2026

Coast Guard this year deployed more nimble patrol craft in Subic Bay for the first time.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

The sun is warm for the last day of February, like the world is remembering spring, and when I get to the ghetto gate, it’s the Polish rather than the German police on patrol.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

“We are stepping up patrols of the property to be safe,” Duron said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2026

The two countries have revived a high-level dialogue on their disputed boundary by special representatives and come to agreements on military patrols in two disputed areas.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

While regular police and military patrols now keep the zama zamas at bay, the community lives with the damage, said 63-year-old resident Sarah Rakgwanhla.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

The Sudan News Agency said security patrols would continue operating across the state and locals traveling at night would need to carry identification documents.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

For the next few days, the guerrillas stuck to narrow jungle footpaths, moving at a steady jog to avoid any of the American or South Vietnamese patrols in the area.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

Western Germany is also close - but not too close - to the more heavily patrolled beaches of northern France from where migrant boats launch.

From BBC Aug. 18, 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

Once on the far side, we patrolled along the jungle line, peering into the vegetation.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

Instead, these legendary predators may still be quietly patrolling the region's waters, largely unseen.

From Science Daily Jun. 26, 2026

A ranger told AFP he had not seen an elephant once in 12 years patrolling.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

Even after the strikes, Israeli drones stayed in the air patrolling for almost an hour, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal May 27, 2026

Officers were seen patrolling the cordon and shouted at several cyclists who at one point attempted to pass through a cycle lane within the cordon.

From BBC May 23, 2026

There are five bots patrolling this auction now, two of them drifting over from an auction that had finished moments earlier.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu




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