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as in law
the department of government that keeps order, fights crime, and enforces statutes
the appearance of a ransom note meant that the teenager's disappearance was now a matter for the police
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as in constabulary
a body of officers of the law
the National Guard will serve as backup for the metropolitan police in the event of violent protests
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as in to control
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Recent Examples of police
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 June 2026
The man was unconscious and unresponsive after hitting the ground, police said.
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Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
Alex Cuadros,
ProPublica,
16 June 2026
In March, the city council adopted changes to police overtime policies that are estimated to save at least $8 million annually.
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Ethan Varian,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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Officers received information about his identity, and he was located and taken into custody, police said.
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Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 June 2026
The man was unconscious and unresponsive after hitting the ground, police said.
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Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
Verb
America’s oil and gas system is vast, aging, and in many places largely left to police itself.
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Alex Cuadros,
ProPublica,
16 June 2026
In March, the city council adopted changes to police overtime policies that are estimated to save at least $8 million annually.
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Ethan Varian,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for police
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The groups challenging the restriction said the state law prevents social service organizations from helping voters with disabilities or those who are not proficient in English, a conflict with the Voting Rights Act.
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Anthropic calls for more stringent regulation and supports efforts by states such as New York and California that have passed more aggressive AI laws.
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Several British constabularies have added EVs to their fleets for urban policing duties, often using models such as the Hyundai Kona Electric, Nissan Leaf and the BMW i3.
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The local constabulary said the British Transport Police was leading the investigation.
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With multiple scoring chances and the majority of possession, Morocco has controlled much of these first 20 minutes in Boston.
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While the ride vehicles are connected to a track, riders can control the speed, which tops out at about 6 mph.
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The Aman Beverly Hills, currently under construction and expected to open in 2028, will supposedly not only include a full luxe floor for plastic surgery recovery but actual operating rooms, a private garden just for patients and surgeons on call.
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Every day horse carriages are operating in the park is a day the safety of New Yorkers is in jeopardy.
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State lawmakers have stepped back from earlier, wider-ranging attempts to regulate AI that were vetoed or otherwise derailed by governors who viewed the measures as too onerous toward the industry’s development, including efforts to hold developers accountable for bias in AI systems.
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The candidates in the crowded field have traded barbs about Bores’ supposed ties to Big Tech and outside groups have poured millions into the race both supporting and opposing his proposals to regulate artificial intelligence.
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No homes had been lost, and Utah Fire Info, a multiagency operation, said in a post on X that firefighters conducted a successful back-burn operation to protect the town.
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The artwork, the name of which has not been revealed, was stumbled on by police during a search conducted in the Île-de-France region.
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His election marked a historic shift for the South American country, governed almost continuously since 2006 by Bolivia’s Movement to Socialism, or MAS.
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The Cuban government this week approved a package of 176 economic reforms that would significantly alter parts of the socialist model that has governed the island for more than six decades.
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Both Ghana and England will walk away with a point after Ghana managed to hold off England in a heart-pounding final few minutes of stoppage time.
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Most of the site sits on private land, with a smaller portion managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
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“Police.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/police. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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