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verb

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Recent Examples of patrol
Noun
Riley was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving a death in the late-night crash on Interstate 75 in Tampa, highway patrol said in a news release. Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025 Word of the decision comes as Probation Commissioner Juanita Holmes is facing union criticism for replacing officers’ shields with a new design that mimics those worn by NYPD patrol officers. Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
Below the elevated walkway where visitors watch, a jaguar patrols the edge of a fence. Sarah Matusek, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2025 Typically, the Coast Guard patrols the waters to ensure no one is getting too close. Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for patrol
Recent Examples of Synonyms for patrol
Noun
  • The snout of a curious whale and the muzzle of a four-legged sentry came oh-so close.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 7 Apr. 2025
  • In the early hours of April 21, 1775, gale-force winds whipped across the town square, driving the shivering sentries from their posts to the shelter of their beds.
    Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • His blocks more often come while guarding, as opposed to as a help defender.
    Fred Katz, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The Commanders could move Andrew Wylie or Brandon Coleman to guard.
    Ben Standig, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • South Bow said the incident took place at milepost 171, near Fort Ransom, a small outpost about 80 miles from Fargo.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Startup cities Thiel and Andreessen, leading proponents and financiers of the startup-city movement, are among those supportive of a Greenland outpost, two of the sources said.
    Rachael Levy and Alexandra Ulmer, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The Arkansas Senate on Wednesday night approved a bill that its supporters maintain would protect Arkansans from religious discrimination and its opponents counter targets LGBTQ+ people.
    Josh Snyder, Arkansas Online, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Forbes is protected by reCAPTCHA, and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
    Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Several picket signs were decorated with messaging against Musk and President Donald Trump.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Tuesday’s demonstration served as a precursor to an informational picket scheduled for Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. outside the California Department of Human Resources.
    William Melhado, Sacramento Bee, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Commando (1987) is about a strangely hilarious killing machine who dispatches dozens of less talented commandos to hell to rescue his daughter, played by sitcom star Alyssa Milano.
    John DeVore, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
  • In January, Yale Hillel hosted a talk by Naftali Bennett, a former Israeli army commando, defense minister and prime minister, who was once considered a protégé of Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s current prime minister.
    Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Kaia wore a square-neck dress with low heels and a small watch.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • However, not every implementation of offline maps in a watch is equal.
    Andrew Williams, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The north was expected to be America’s rear guard, a place where values like democracy and women’s rights might have taken hold.
    Azam Ahmed, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
  • 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

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“Patrol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patrol. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.

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