PATROLLED Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

patrolled

verb

past tense of patrol

as in guarded

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 patrolled They would be patrolled by Lebanese troops, distinct from Hezbollah. — Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 4 June 2026 No soldiers patrolled every street. — Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026 Armed guards patrolled federal buildings; machine-gun-toting snipers perched on rooftops. — Sarita Gupta, Time, 2 June 2026 National Guard members and Park Police have patrolled the deck around the pool. — ABC News, 27 June 2026 For days afterward, parent volunteers patrolled Tavares Middle hallways, their sense of safety shattered. — Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2026 The area last week was surrounded by surveillance cameras and patrolled by National Guardsmen as lifelong resident John Cates strolled the area. — Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026 Consider the federal immigration agents who patrolled Chicago and Minneapolis this past year. — Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026 The downtown Kansas City data center is patrolled by a security robot named ‘Lance’ and includes server space rented to Nebius, the Dutch AI services company behind a $150 billion, 400-acre data center now under construction in Independence. — Ilana Arougheti july 1, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026

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Ever since they've been excited about the day, but understandably guarded.

— Bryan West, USA Today, 30 June 2026
For most of my career, the loyalty industry treated data as an asset to be guarded and exported to specialists.

— Aneesh Reddy, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

Definition of guarded

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By then Tanacharison is telling Washington that he is mystically protected, in the mode of certain Indigenous warriors who were placed on earth to be leaders.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 July 2026
Steinbaugh argued the email was protected speech under the First Amendment and does not represent a legitimate threat.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026

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