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verb

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Recent Examples of patrol
Noun
This year’s game will see 2,000 law enforcement officers on patrol, along with 350 National Guard troops deployed to assist with security. Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Feb. 2025 Reid began his career with the city’s Police Department as a patrol officer and became deputy chief in 2016 and chief in 2020. Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
Verb
With reports that gangs are planning another attack, police continue to patrol the area, Louis-Jeune said. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025 The president has already declared an emergency and intends to send 1,500 troops to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border. Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for patrol 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for patrol
Noun
  • Sitting in front of him was the angry sentry known as Devlin’s Billabong, named when Bruce Devlin needed six shots to get out of the pond in the final round of the 1975 Andy Williams Open.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Canine work also includes some of the partnerships that have been the backbone of human-dog coevolution, such as guarding, herding, hunting, and acting as sentry.
    Jessica Pierce, TIME, 15 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Last week, Trump threatened stiff tariffs on Mexico and Canada, but delayed them for 30 days after both countries promised to send 10,000 troops to guard their U.S. borders.
    Luke Garrett, NPR, 9 Feb. 2025
  • After Trump lost the 2020 election, Hegseth, at that point a member of the D.C. National Guard, volunteered to guard Biden’s inauguration following the attacks on January 6, but according to his most recent book was flagged as a potential extremist and told to stay home.
    Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The reception from their private showrooms encouraged the designers to embark on their own retail outposts.
    Layla Ilchi, WWD, 5 Feb. 2025
  • The State Department would not comment if Rubio planned to accept the invitation to visit what the Trump administration has described – incorrectly — as a de facto Chinese military outpost in Panama.
    Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Fiber can also improve digestive health and protect against chronic disease.
    Cristina Mutchler, Health, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Probiotics can be a simple way to protect digestive health before and during travel to high-risk destinations.
    Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 30 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Costco Teamsters have already participated in practice pickets, but none have taken place in Texas.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Throughout the past three months, SAG-AFTRA has held intermittent pickets at several of the video game companies’ Los Angeles offices, including WB Games and Disney Character Voices.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Such officers made up a new commando unit trained by the CIA, called Unit 2245, that would become known for its audacious operations behind Russian lines and overseas, according to Kondratyuk.
    Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Ukraine has also taken the war into Russia with Ukrainian drones and commando operations against military targets and with its military incursion into the Kursk region, which the Ukrainians largely still hold.
    Serge Schmemann, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The only way this deal works for Harrison and Kidd is if the Mavs win their second NBA championship on their watch, and Luka never wins a thing with the Lakers.
    Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2025
  • On her watch, the company has also acquired the catalogs of artists like Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond, and Sting, among others.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 2 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • And assassins from a coalition of all the local indigenous tribes — out for blood over the murder of Jimmy the Creek, one of their own, last episode — slit the throats of Ming’s rear guard.
    Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Indeed, Dnipropetrovsk has been a key rear guard for the Ukrainian military and National Guard.
    Taras Kuzio, Foreign Affairs, 25 Jan. 2015

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“Patrol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patrol. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.

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