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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a patrolling" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used in contexts where "patrolling" is functioning as a gerund or participle, but it requires a noun to modify, such as "a patrolling officer" or "a patrolling vehicle."
Example: "The police officer was a patrolling figure in the neighborhood, ensuring safety."
Alternatives: "a patrol" or "a patrol unit".
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"We were doing the Army's equivalent of a patrolling exercise," he said.
Gray was arrested after catching the eye of a patrolling officer and running away.
"Whoa!" they yelled in unison, some of them instinctively ducking as Doyle's sprite narrowly avoided a patrolling enemy.
But despite the rumours, a patrolling policeman said he knew of no plans to evict activists at 10pm.
In this paper we present a DSS that merges predictive policing capabilities with a patrolling districting model, for the design of predictive patrolling areas.
Lieutenant Somers, it turned out, had better luck the next month, when he was part of a Buffalo squad that shot down a patrolling Japanese bomber.
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The reporter went along on a patrol.
The ship had been on a patrol.
Aiming at improving the patrol efficiency, a patrol approach MSEP (maximum snooping efficiency patrol) is proposed.
A patrol car arrived at 6 49 a.m.
Even a patrol car now and then.
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