as in to guard
to walk or go around or through (an area, building, etc.) especially in order to make sure that it is safe
The squad had orders to patrol the area. The border is patrolled by the army.
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Recent Examples of patrol
David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2025
The border patrol again arrested Centeno-Melchor near Hildalgo, Texas, in September 2019.
—Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2025
David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
People have been pushed to the tracks even when police officers were patrolling on the platform but were not close enough to stop the attack.
—James Barron, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Agents in patrol boats stopped the 32-foot Contender center console — with the name The Salesman’s Ship written on the back — about four nautical miles off Hillsboro Inlet in Pompano Beach.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2025
The border patrol again arrested Centeno-Melchor near Hildalgo, Texas, in September 2019.
—Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2025
Verb
Suddenly fighting a war on two oceans, the U.S. Navy simply didn’t have the resources to patrol more than 2,000 miles of Atlantic coastline.
—David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
People have been pushed to the tracks even when police officers were patrolling on the platform but were not close enough to stop the attack.
—James Barron, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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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
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About a quarter-mile down the road, two soaring launch towers – one for each launch pad – sit sentry on SpaceX’s launch site as workers mill around.Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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Teasing out the true effect of the risk of Trump tariffs on overall import gains is difficult because companies closely guard trade data.Lisa Baertlein and Ellen Zhang, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
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As for the status of Butler trade talks, the agent for Suns guard Bradley Beal, Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports, reiterated to The Athletic on Tuesday that nothing is brewing between the Heat and Phoenix that involves his longtime client.Sam Amick, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Silver Lyan, The City’s Most Idiosyncratic Cocktail Lounge Over in Penn Quarter, the cocktail menu changes annually at Silver Lyan, the extremely creative/boundary pushing and first U.S. outpost of global innovator Ryan Chetiyawardana’s (aka Mr. Lyan’s) award winning cocktail lounges.Laurie Werner, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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With only a few trustworthy men floating through the sloppy, makeshift, take-all-comers outpost, Jim pairs Sara with Isaac (Taylor Kitsch), an even gruffer and fairer man who nonetheless wants nothing to do with the difficult gig.Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Jan. 2025
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These casinos also use the latest security systems to protect sensitive personal and financial information.Matthew Gover, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
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It’s been such a struggle protecting the Patrick Mahomes blindside this season that the Chiefs recently asked guard Joe Thuney to move outside to tackle.Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
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The union hasn’t announced any further pickets, with the last one occurring last week, just before talks resumed.Katie Campione, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2024
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Union members hold picket signs during a news conference following a vote count on the union contract at the IAM District 751 Main Union Hall in Seattle, Washington, US, on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024.Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 13 Sep. 2024
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Part of the 11th Army Corps is a 10,000-strong commando division that is trained to parachute into or penetrate enemy territory and carry out assassinations, infrastructure damage and sabotage, according to Madden.Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
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Israeli commando units have captured high-value assets in Lebanon and Syria.Shalom Lipner, Foreign Affairs, 25 Nov. 2024
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Viewers of Today over the years could say the same about Kotb, who became a morning TV star under their watch, now leaving the franchise to forge a new path in an uncertain media climate.Eric Deggans, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
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The brand began selling watches at around $200 USD.Lilian Raji, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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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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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 20 Jan. 2025.
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