911

Example Sentences

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Then the police arrived, officers responding to 911 calls about a disorderly crowd.

From Slate

The highly critical report found that police airships spend less than half of their flight time responding to “high priority” crimes — the rest was used for patrolling, responding to lower-level 911 calls, performing ceremonial flybys and ferrying around VIPs.

From Los Angeles Times

A passerby called 911 to report seeing a man wearing khaki pants and a dark parka who did not appear to be moving or breathing, although he had been moving when she had walked by three hours earlier, police said.

From BBC

“When you have kids like Young Thug with songs called ‘Wyclef Jean,’ and G Herbo sampling ‘911,’ you know, very few of us can connect those bridges,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times

Soon after, Santos-Aviles called 911.

From Salon