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
Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
The collision pushed Joel’s patrol vehicle into a nearby Chevrolet pickup.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 June 2026
David Close,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
Attorney Henry Service, who has an office on 18th Street in the district, also criticized how police have handled patrolling the area.
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Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
20 June 2026
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Noun
Police arrested Gledhill on June 3 after West Valley area patrol officers responded to an emergency call in a residential neighborhood of Tarzana.
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Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
The collision pushed Joel’s patrol vehicle into a nearby Chevrolet pickup.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 June 2026
Verb
The defender, a former member of MLS’ Orlando City SC and who now patrols the backline at La Liga club Villarreal in Spain, has rewarded the coach by helping shut down Paraguay a week ago and shutting out Australia here in Seattle.
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David Close,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
Attorney Henry Service, who has an office on 18th Street in the district, also criticized how police have handled patrolling the area.
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Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
20 June 2026
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Moss has colonized the ceiling, and tall trees keep sentry over the store’s diverse and eclectic inventory.
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Also, his paint was burned off in just the same spots as the snowman that had, for years, served as a jolly sentry outside our neighbor’s front door—a position that was now vacant, while our own home was, in a first, conspicuously and festively guarded.
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Center Vlad Goldin and guard Trevor Keels, who closed last season on two-way contracts with the Heat, will also be on the Heat’s summer league team this year.
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But Emerald Bay is gate-guarded, accessible only to residents, and its half-mile stretch of golden sand is bordered by the cliffs of two jutting points, geographically cutting off public access via other beaches.
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Along with a half-dozen other leading-edge American space outfits including Blue Origin, Axiom Space and Starlab Space, SpaceX has signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA to develop orbital outposts that could host NASA and Allied astronauts through the next decades.
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Finley’s Fiction, an outpost of the one on Shelter Island, will have kids’ story hour on Saturday mornings and author events; in July, Kate Doerge and Katharine Holabird.
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In the final months of pregnancy, the testicles descend through a passage called the inguinal canal to land in the scrotum, the pouch that protects them for the rest of a man’s life.
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This shampoo and conditioner are designed to strengthen and protect hair health while reducing frizz and split ends.
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Park rangers and mountain guides install and maintain snow pickets — which are used to help build anchors for extra protection on areas like steep slopes — between the high camp and Denali Pass, the park has said.
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Park rangers and mountain guides install and maintain snow pickets — which are used to help build anchors for extra protection on areas like steep slopes — between the high camp and Denali Pass, the park has said.
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Scouts and Raiders is billed as telling the true origin story of the WWII commando unit of the same name, a precursor to the Navy SEALs, including its heavy recruitment of collegiate and professional football players.
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Disembarking in Berry’s Creek Canal required skulking through some swamp and reeds, commando style.
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The women, who also wore Mexico jerseys, were planning to attend the watch party.
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The devices were hidden in a pack of cigarettes, the informant’s watch, and a cellphone.
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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.
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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.
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“Patrol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patrol. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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