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Noun
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The mourners started arriving hours early — veterans in uniform, strangers clutching American flags, police officers lining the route — all for a Massachusetts World War II Navy veteran many feared would be buried alone.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
20 May 2026 -
On Wednesday, two police officers who helped defend the Capitol in the 2021 assault sued to block the payouts.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 May 2026
Noun
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Police said officers responded to shootings involving apartment buildings and homes while going door-to-door to ensure residents had not been injured.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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Upon arrival, officers located a person with a single gunshot wound.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
17 May 2026
Noun
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The cars slid backward and would have dropped through the opening made by the raising to the abutment of the bridge if policemen had not attracted the attention of the bridge tender by firing their revolvers.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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To be honest, this risk goes also to nurses, policemen, teachers, doctors, public servants.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
Noun
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But in a democracy, the people’s institutions control the police forces at all levels.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
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Chenoweth says authoritarians are getting better at controlling information flow, criminalizing protest, hardening security and police forces, and coordinating with other authoritarians.—
Chris John Amorosino,
Hartford Courant,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Peace officers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peace%20officers. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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