barricade
Example Sentences
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On opposite sides of the makeshift barricade, fronted by coils of barbed wire, Cambodians lamented their lost homes and livelihoods as Thailand's military showed off its gains.
From Barron's
With Beatlemania, argues Fink, “huge masses of women got used to smashing through police barricades.”
For the other hike, I headed to the closed portion of June Lake Loop and parked just short of the barricade.
From Los Angeles Times
An attempted theft of copper wire on Tuesday led to a predawn barricade situation — inside a city manhole — authorities said.
From Los Angeles Times
Rabbi Walker was one of the men who, like Mr Daulby, had been barricading the doors to stop Al-Shamie getting in before police shot the attacker dead.
From BBC
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