Example Sentences

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Backcountry skiers traverse unpatrolled areas away from ski resorts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

The head of the charity Surf Life Saving Australia, Adam Weir, advised holidaymakers to visit patrolled beaches after their data showed 630 people had drowned at unpatrolled beaches in the past 10 years.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2025

Much of the stretch is composed of unpatrolled stretches of river, mountains and jungle.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2023

His backing of various rebel factions across the Sahara has destabilized Mali, Chad, Niger, Mauritania, Burkina Faso and others, allowing Al Qaeda to grab a foothold in the vast, unpatrolled deserts.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2011

I told him plainly that that was not my programme, and that, whatever he did, I was not going to leave that fence unpatrolled until I could move the stock out of the paddock.

From Argentina from a British Point of View by Various