barricade

Example Sentences

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Ahead of the Lyon rally, some residents living near the march's planned route had barricaded the ground floor windows of their apartments, fearing unrest.

From Barron's

A barricade was eventually installed at the top of Greenside Lane, near the city's Theatre Royal bar, and the council asked Google and Apple to update their systems.

From BBC

Across the street, organisers erected pop-up tents behind temporary barricades, offering the ever-growing media crowd some shelter from the frequent downpours.

From Barron's

He added that state and local police have improved their response time to removing protest barricades and driving away protesters trying to disrupt DHS operations.

From Salon

"We got tables and barricaded the doors" for over two hours, Darian said, until police arrived to escort them out of the school.

From BBC