barricade

Brooks has described applying for compensation as torturous, a barricade that is constantly preventing him from being able to move forward.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

Put differently, law does not begin by asking what the barricade does.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

In July 2024, Rinderknecht demanded the chatbot generate an image that showed wealthy elites dining extravagantly on one side of a wall while the world burned beyond the barricade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

Some also attempted to erect a barricade with rental bikes which was cleared by police.

From Barron's ● May 30, 2026

“We need to go and speak to the sheriff, convince him to barricade the town before it’s overrun. Consolidate everyone into a few defensible buildings. We’re too vulnerable, waiting for the next attack.”

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

So naturally the party leadership seems prepared to go to the barricades to defend it.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

Instead, over the last five years, it has turned the historic stretch of Crenshaw Boulevard into a nuisance, a ghost-town construction site with vandalized fences and barricades sitting for years on end.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

The city described the barricades through the language of safety as well.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

As the march began, protesters spilled onto the streets before being halted at successive barricades.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Abolitionist lawyers erected barricades of paperwork, every week a new stratagem.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

By the time deputies arrived, the suspect had barricaded himself inside his home, authorities said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

For the last two years, her street has been barricaded.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Now, Europe’s land borders are nearly all barricaded in imposing fences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

"Mona barricaded herself inside her house, receiving no visitors and believing she was safe because she is a civilian," environmental activist and friend of Khalil, Maha Joumaa, told local media.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

The crying girl is barricaded in the same stall I hid in after Fina showed me that text.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

On Monday, authorities closed schools and colleges for two days and imposed restrictions on public movement by barricading many arterial roads.

From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026

"We were barricading the doors between us with Rabbi Walker and a number of the other congregants. He couldn't get in because we were holding the doors firm."

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025

Protesters and worried family began arriving soon afterward, and by 2:30 p.m., a line of about 30 agents, including National Guard members, was barricading nearby Laguna Road.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2025

An emergency alert was issued and sirens sounded just two minutes later, issuing a lockdown warning that left worried students and staff barricading themselves inside dorms, bathrooms, classrooms and gyms.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2023

On better days, either I’m Elsie’s guinea pig for whatever wild invention she’s working on or she’s barricading the door and helping me practice my magic.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston