polices

Example Sentences

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“Not all term polices have conversion features,” Harrison said.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

“Who polices the streets? Who secures the weapons and military installations and nuclear sites? Who patrols the border with Iraq and Afghanistan? The protesters?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

It polices remedies and the finality of convictions, not the enforceability of unconstitutional laws going forward.

From Slate • Jan. 8, 2026

The statewide agency, which mainly polices traffic violations on freeways and oversees state property, has sworn in more than 600 new officers this year — a total that many departments would envy.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2025

As Uncle Sam polices the two Americas, and John Bull the seas of the world, so the Mikado undertakes to police the sea lanes of the Orient.

From The Canadian Commonwealth by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)