barricade

Example Sentences

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With Beatlemania, argues Fink, “huge masses of women got used to smashing through police barricades.”

From The Wall Street Journal

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

The man and the two other people ran back to the nearby apartment and barricaded themselves inside, DHS said.

From The Wall Street Journal