Word: loitering
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...meant her body was blocking the bullets. "I got shot and none of them did, but their hearts were in the right place. I've heard that argument that men will risk their lives to protect a woman. I have to point out that our two Apaches did not loiter over our crash to protect me. They did the only reasonable logical thing and left...
...says she’s worried that restauranteurs might face a double hit: the loss of smoking patrons and steep fines because those who do come might noisily loiter outside or leave behind cigarette butts...
Every war has its wonder weapon. In Afghanistan, it was the Predator, the unmanned drone that would loiter, invisibly, over the battlefield before unleashing a Hellfire missile on an unsuspecting target. The Gulf War marked the debut of precision-guided munitions, and in Vietnam helicopters came of age. World War II gave us the horror of nuclear weapons, and World War I introduced the tank. If there's a second Gulf War, get ready to meet the high-power microwave...
Calling in the military to operate fancy surveillance technology may prove frustrating. Satellites are particularly unhelpful, experts say. They cannot monitor the entire D.C. region at once in any detail. The RC-7 surveillance plane brings fewer handicaps. It can loiter over D.C., aim its camera at a shooting scene after a 911 call and pick out a white van. But it would miss vehicles obscured by trees or buildings...
...Calling in the military to operate fancy surveillance technology may prove frustrating. Satellites are particularly unhelpful, experts say. They cannot monitor the entire D.C. region at once in any detail. The RC-7 surveillance plane brings fewer handicaps. It can loiter over D.C., aim its camera at a shooting scene after a 911 call and pick out a white van. But it would miss vehicles obscured by trees or buildings...