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
Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
Upon opening the garage, a patrol officer discovered Alvarez and a 17-year-old male dead inside.
—Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 14 Nov. 2024
Stepheny Price, Fox News, 27 Oct. 2024
The ship departed from Beirut in September 1943 to patrol near the Dodecanese, a group of islands off the coast of Turkey.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
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Noun
The handcuffed teenager was buckled into the front seat of Truong’s patrol vehicle because there was not a caged holding area for detainees in the back seat of that particular vehicle.
—Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
Upon opening the garage, a patrol officer discovered Alvarez and a 17-year-old male dead inside.
—Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 14 Nov. 2024
Verb
Gualtieri said the sheriff's office will continue to have dozens of extra deputies patrolling the barrier islands day and night to keep people who don’t belong there off the islands.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 27 Oct. 2024
The ship departed from Beirut in September 1943 to patrol near the Dodecanese, a group of islands off the coast of Turkey.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patrol
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Three-story red brick buildings stand like sentries and slides and swings adorned the front yards of nearby homes.Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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Paramount has the usual range of lollipop trees and box spirals, which stand like sentries at front doors in London’s more expensive neighborhoods.Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
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Republican legislators also failed to pass a major civil rights act that could have provided federal marshals to guard polling places and protect African-American voters.Luke Voyles / Made by History, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
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Despite being in the middle of the pack in terms of possessions guarding the pick-and-roll (PnR) roll man, the Pacers allow the seventh-most points per game to PnR roll men on the fifth-highest points per possession.Matt Modi, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
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That was the directive given to Hannes Peer when designing The Manner, a new Manhattan hotel and the first outpost of an ultra-luxurious concept from the hospitality group Standard International.Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 19 Nov. 2024
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The location is also home to the first outpost of Café Utopia Drei Berge, the culinary offshoot of the luxurious Swiss mountain retreat Drei Berge Hotel that Touhami bought and revamped last year out of his passion for mountains and hiking.Sandra Salibian, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
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This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.Devon Abelman, Allure, 23 Nov. 2024
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The world’s first secure touchscreens are here to protect your crypto stash.Martin Lerma, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2024
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She was relentlessly attacked and ridiculed on social media and on picket signs.Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
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National Association of Letter Carriers NWI Southshore 580 joined many other letter carrier locals on Oct. 14 by hosting an informational picket outside the Old Lake County Courthouse to spread the word since Post Office workers by law are not allowed to strike.Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 15 Oct. 2024
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Because of her light-colored dress, Danni goes commando, which is an apt representation of their differing personalities.Emma Soren, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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Israeli naval commandos abducted a senior Hezbollah operative in an operation in the northern Lebanese town of Batroun, officials said Saturday.Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2024
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The news of Trump's win in Kentucky was met with cheers and applause at a Republican watch party Tuesday night in Louisville at The Henry Clay, a downtown event venue.Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 6 Nov. 2024
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Meyers also joked about having gone to an election watch party.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 6 Nov. 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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Indeed, Dnipropetrovsk has been a key rear guard for the Ukrainian military and National Guard.Taras Kuzio, Foreign Affairs, 25 Jan. 2015
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“Patrol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patrol. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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