barricade
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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
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
“That’s when we put the barricade to stop him from being moved,” Pillay recalled.
From Slate ● May 29, 2026
They asked everyone to step out of the bus; then they made us walk through a barricade.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
So naturally the party leadership seems prepared to go to the barricades to defend it.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
And if so, will all the barricades return?
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
As far as anyone could tell, there were over a hundred soldiers behind the barricades.
From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III
For the last two years, her street has been barricaded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Court staff barricaded off the area and guarded it.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
One video outside a military recruitment office shows men in civilian clothes sitting inside a military van barricaded by crying women.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
He then barricaded the man in the shop with a shopping trolley, as a bystander called the police.
From BBC ● May 3, 2026
“We will leave a small number of warriors to keep the barricaded soldiers from leaving. All other warriors should ride fast to meet the new attack.”
From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III
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
When officers arrived, they detained one suspect immediately, but the second suspect was inside the manhole and refused to come out, barricading himself, said Officer Tony Im, a spokesperson for the Police Department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026
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 ● Jan. 27, 2026
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
“Voldemort’s on his way, they’re barricading the school—Snape’s run for it—What are you doing here? How did you know?”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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