Example Sentences

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The Eisenhower is in the Gulf of Oman and has been patrolling in the Middle East along with the USS Philippine Sea, a Navy cruiser.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2023

The army has been patrolling the streets in some places.

From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2020

This is partly because an international naval task force has been patrolling the coast off Somalia.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2013

The Shomrim has been patrolling Hasidic communities in Brooklyn for more than 20 years, and works closely with neighborhood precincts.

From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2010

He has been patrolling this house since day-break.

From Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)