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police force

[puh-lees fawrs] / pəˈlis ˌfɔrs /


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Jagannathan’s character belongs to an ancient, shape-shifting race created by the Guardians of the Universe as the galaxy’s first police force, but they’ve since gone rogue and are now out to eliminate the human race.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

Manhunters were created by the galaxy as part of a police force, and then they went rogue.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

A police force has said the Nottingham attacks were not "reasonably foreseeable or preventable", a public inquiry has heard.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

Any citizen who steps out of line risks the ire of an even dumber police force, riding around in cruisers that lift their design language from Ed Hardy clothing.

From Salon Sep. 6, 2026

Declaring that he would never take back the strikers, he raised the minimum wage for a police officer and set about recruiting an entire new police force.

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




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