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Recent Examples of task force
In February 2022 Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison and Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney formed a task force with the goal of identifying the person or people responsible for the Gilgo Beach serial killings.
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Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
Vargas had been identified by the task force, in conjunction with the Aurora Police Department, as a suspect following a cannabis investigation, officials said.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
In 2022, six weeks after a new police commissioner formed the Gilgo Beach task force, detectives identified Heuermann as a suspect by using a vehicle registration database to connect him to a pickup truck that a witness reported seeing when one of the victims disappeared in 2010.
—ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
The mystery took a turn in early 2022, when Rodney Harrison, the new Suffolk County police commissioner, formed a task force devoted to cracking the case.
—Jeff Capellini, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
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Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
Vargas had been identified by the task force, in conjunction with the Aurora Police Department, as a suspect following a cannabis investigation, officials said.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
In 2022, six weeks after a new police commissioner formed the Gilgo Beach task force, detectives identified Heuermann as a suspect by using a vehicle registration database to connect him to a pickup truck that a witness reported seeing when one of the victims disappeared in 2010.
—ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
The mystery took a turn in early 2022, when Rodney Harrison, the new Suffolk County police commissioner, formed a task force devoted to cracking the case.
—Jeff Capellini, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for task force
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The team’s early, anemic offense came with starter Max Fried holding the game together, pitching eight innings while allowing six hits, no walks and striking out six batters.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Later that afternoon, Miller and his team got to work on the second bedroom.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The busiest single day saw 12 new clients join, with one person saying four other members of their platoon were also interested.—
Tom Bowman,
NPR,
10 Apr. 2026
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But if McMahon continues to struggle, Boone may not have much of a choice but to abandon the platoon plans.—
Chris Kirschner,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Investigators say a disturbance between two groups inside a business carried over into the parking lot and a female suspect got into her car, killing one while injuring a man and two other women.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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This group exhibition is the third in a series of shows at Art Produce Gallery in North Park, presented by Space 4 Art, and curated by Alessandra Moctezuma, professor of museum studies and gallery director at San Diego Mesa College.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Apr. 2026
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Many have seen the videos of Detroit's teen takeovers, but a local organization is looking to channel that energy into something positive for the youth.—
Terell Bailey,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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But the real reason news organizations choose to spend thousands of dollars per journalist, per trip, to be on the papal plane is to be on hand for the pope’s news conferences.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Only Every Brilliant Thing, the one-man show starring Daniel Radcliffe, with a $195 average ticket price, and Hamilton with an average ticket price of $219 and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child with Tom Felton $208 surpassed that grouping.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Apr. 2026
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
14 Apr. 2026
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In Cairo, a famously nocturnal city, shops and restaurants are now forced to close at 9 pm, with police brigades sweeping through the broad downtown avenues to urge everyone to go home.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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Another brigade trained at the Hanging Lake Tunnel in Glenwood Canyon.—
Bruce Finley,
Denver Post,
9 Apr. 2026
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Reis talked her way onto a crew member’s unofficial salvage expedition.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, the skipper and the rest of the crew work frantically to put the ship about and head back to recover the person.—
David Szondy
April 19,
New Atlas,
19 Apr. 2026
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Over decades, Europe built up dense industrial clusters that link chemicals and manufacturing, but as final production increasingly moves abroad, the model has become harder to sustain.—
Marilen Martin,
Bloomberg,
15 Apr. 2026
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Native pitcher plants grow in clusters in the wetlands.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Task force.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/task%20force. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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