Example Sentences

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One potential bright spot for Bass was policing.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

Skin care was policing and panic, a game of whack-a-mole, or else just drudgery, a technical exercise in fending off the inevitable.

From New York Times • May 10, 2021

The company says only that the issues she found, however significant, were less pressing than the many other issues the civic integrity team was policing at the time, in other countries all over the world.

From The Verge • Sep. 16, 2020

Those that were left was seriously overpriced, even though the company has said it was policing its site for price gougers.

From Washington Times • Mar. 3, 2020

There was policing twice a day, "policing" meaning the sweeping clean of the acre or two of ground within the limits of Camp McPherson.

From On Guard Mark Mallory's Celebration by Sinclair, Upton