as in police
a body of officers of the law
mobilized practically the entire police force to track down the escaped criminal
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Some members of the Capitol and D.C. police forces who testified for the Jan. 6 committee were also issued pardons.
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Meredith Kile, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025
For example, Doom's police force is the Thor Corp: an army of Thors from alternate universes.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
La Policia Nacional, the country’s national police force, said a male friend who was with Konanki around the time of her disappearance is under investigation.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 11 Mar. 2025
The protests that shut down Serbia’s capital were fiery but mostly peaceful, in no small part due to a police force that understood the entire government’s fate rested on its restraint.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
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Meredith Kile, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025
For example, Doom's police force is the Thor Corp: an army of Thors from alternate universes.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
La Policia Nacional, the country’s national police force, said a male friend who was with Konanki around the time of her disappearance is under investigation.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 11 Mar. 2025
The protests that shut down Serbia’s capital were fiery but mostly peaceful, in no small part due to a police force that understood the entire government’s fate rested on its restraint.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
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