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a body of officers of the law
mobilized practically the entire police force to track down the escaped criminal
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Recent Examples of police force
The Star’s investigation also found that Independence police conduct more chases than any other police force in the area.
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Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2025
The city's own police force will be required to wear visible identification at all times during operations.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Norm Nixon, 62, an associate minister at Union Temple Baptist Church in Washington’s historically Black Anacostia neighborhood, said federal operations were changing the way residents felt about the city’s police force.
—Byron Tau, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Adapted from a French bestseller, the dystopian thriller imagines a near-future Paris in which neighborhoods have been divided up into zones based on social class, with a police force operating under the command of ALMA, a predictive AI system (voiced, in the film, by an actual AI system).
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
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Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2025
The city's own police force will be required to wear visible identification at all times during operations.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Norm Nixon, 62, an associate minister at Union Temple Baptist Church in Washington’s historically Black Anacostia neighborhood, said federal operations were changing the way residents felt about the city’s police force.
—Byron Tau, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Adapted from a French bestseller, the dystopian thriller imagines a near-future Paris in which neighborhoods have been divided up into zones based on social class, with a police force operating under the command of ALMA, a predictive AI system (voiced, in the film, by an actual AI system).
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for police force
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At least 23 others were injured in the crash, including five who are in critical condition, according to a police statement to Portuguese network SIC.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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When he was taken into custody, Leon did not provide a statement to police and asked for a lawyer.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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The news went out last weekend that Cadillac had been accepted by the F1 constabulary as the sport’s eleventh team, slated to enter the competition in 2026.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes,
28 Nov. 2024
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With Ida Engvoll as Rebecka, a Stockholm lawyer back in her small hometown after the death of a friend, and Eva Melander as Mella, chief inspector of the local constabulary, who appropriates her semi-formally to the force.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2023
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“Police force.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/police%20force. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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