patrolling

Example Sentences

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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

“We have a ton of patrolling still going on.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

With bands of men patrolling the 273,000-acre forest, poachers and illegal loggers have stayed away, allowing the grasslands to rejuvenate.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Clips of a duckling swimming in a bath or two happy pooches patrolling their neighbourhood are examples of the curated programming on "PetTV".

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

If the number of field agents expected to see that the law was carried out was pitifully small, the resources devoted to patrolling the nation’s 4,993 miles of coastline were pathetic.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler