Example Sentences

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He acknowledged that agents had detained one person and said, “we will patrol anywhere in Los Angeles.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025

A further £230,000 will be spent on specially-trained plain-clothed officers who will patrol streets at night to crack down on predatory behaviour.

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2025

Sri Lanka’s navy said two weeks ago it would provide a ship to protect merchant ship traffic, but the date hasn’t been set and the area Sri Lanka will patrol isn’t finalized.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2024

One aircraft will patrol the waters off Senegal and Mauritania and a second will monitor the waters around the Canary Islands.

From Reuters • Oct. 16, 2023

“Ah!” said the secretary, with a sigh; “they will patrol the country all round now, and stop communications with the outside.”

From The Young Castellan A Tale of the English Civil War by Fenn, George Manville