all-points bulletin
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“I did call the police and kind of joked if they can put an all-points bulletin for my front lawn.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2023
Given the otherwise total sports vacuum, this week’s deluge of football news and rumors feels like an all-points bulletin.
From Slate • Mar. 17, 2020
Simpson was declared a fugitive and an all-points bulletin was issued for his arrest.
From Salon • Jan. 25, 2020
Banned since 2006 from fishing in the Antarctic, the Thunder had been spotted there repeatedly in recent years, prompting Interpol to issue an all-points bulletin on it in December 2013.
From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2015
“The General caught Knife, Fist and Granny, but there’s an all-points bulletin out on her. You’d expect her to lie low.”
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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