as in to guard
to walk or go around or through (an area, building, etc.) especially in order to make sure that it is safe
The squad had orders to patrol the area. The border is patrolled by the army.
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Recent Examples of patrol
Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 16 June 2025
The crew on Cutter Active spotted the boat on radar during a routine patrol near the international border, said Petty Officer Charlie Valor.
—Philip Diehl, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 14 June 2025
The Guard members have not been authorized to carry out immigration raids or patrol the city’s streets.
—Bora Erden, New York Times, 13 June 2025
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Verb
In the coming hours, even more information emerged about Boelter, who CNN learned had worked as director of patrols for a company called Praetorian Guard Security Services, which offers armed residential security.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 16 June 2025
The crew on Cutter Active spotted the boat on radar during a routine patrol near the international border, said Petty Officer Charlie Valor.
—Philip Diehl, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
Noun
Police officers patrolled the area, reminding people to stay out of the road and off the center median.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 14 June 2025
The Guard members have not been authorized to carry out immigration raids or patrol the city’s streets.
—Bora Erden, New York Times, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patrol
Verb
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Milwaukee Bucks guard Pat Connaughton has exercised his player option for the 2025-26 season, a league source confirmed to The Athletic.—
Eric Nehm,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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Seven players – from Kayla Thornton to Burton to rookie guard Carla Leite to former college teammate Kate Martin and others – spent time guarding at least one Clark attempt.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
20 June 2025
Noun
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The tree had long been a way marker and memory maker: a site of wedding proposals and remembrance ceremonies, a sentry in photos from one-in-a-lifetime family vacations, taped to fridges across the world.—
Amelia Nierenberg,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Anduril makes everything from small drones to sentry towers used to police the U.S.-Mexico border systems to enable pilotless vehicles.—
William Hartung,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
Verb
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It is believed that the alligator may have been a female acting to protect her hatchlings, reptile expert Kim Titterington told 7News Miami.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
23 June 2025
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Senate Democrats introduced new legislation to protect hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have had their legal status revoked by the Trump administration.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
Noun
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These hills are the last outpost of the once-mighty and ancient Appalachian range that stretches from northeast Alabama to the tip of Newfoundland’s Northern Peninsula, the ground-down essence of the continent.—
Robert Finch
June 18,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2025
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Schiaparelli’s first European retail outpost outside its Paris salon, the Harrods unit sits in the Superbrands room alongside brands including Loro Piana, which also just opened a new space, with Loewe and Valentino to follow suit this summer.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
18 June 2025
Noun
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The militancy of the B&N campaign, which involved actions including delegations, practice pickets, and a couple of walkouts, made conditions more favorable for other union campaigns to push back against their bosses.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
24 June 2025
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This is the second high-profile strike from IATSE in less than a week, following a picket in front of a Will Smith music video on May 23 in Los Angeles.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
29 May 2025
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The idea was that a group of military commandos would break quarantine and try to get to the place where the virus had originated, in order to find a cure.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
21 June 2025
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Visions of Israeli commandos training Malaitan farmers swarmed my imagination.—
Pete McKenzie,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
Noun
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In early February, Olivier Giroud, the French striker who plays for Los Angeles FC, had his home targeted and $500,000 worth of jewelry and watches stolen, sources said.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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The limited series improved by about 11 percent over the 1.36 billion minutes of watch time for its premiere week.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
26 June 2025
Noun
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The north was expected to be America’s rear guard, a place where values like democracy and women’s rights might have taken hold.—
Azam Ahmed,
New York Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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And assassins from a coalition of all the local indigenous tribes — out for blood over the murder of Jimmy the Creek, one of their own, last episode — slit the throats of Ming’s rear guard.—
Sean T. Collins,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2024
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“Patrol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patrol. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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