patrolling

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Elsewhere, what used to be roaming bands of Hadzabe men now work as village forest guards, tasked with patrolling vast scrub forests and acacia bushlands to look out for poachers, land grabbers and illegal loggers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Flashing cars carrying heavily armed policemen are patrolling the capital.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

Officers involved in these tasks disinfect their vehicles and shoes after patrolling high-risk areas.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

They told us they first came across the shorties a couple of months after they started patrolling The Wells.

From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones