barricade

A police officer places a metal barricade on the streets around Madison Square Garden while a TV crew looks on.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

Her neighbors put up a barricade to block the vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

“That’s when we put the barricade to stop him from being moved,” Pillay recalled.

From Slate ● May 29, 2026

Working with screenwriter Will Soodik, Parsons has gone back into that banal maze to find an uncannily mature story about loss and stagnation, about how our self-serving narratives barricade us from emotional growth.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

A meadow at Westminster had been prepared for the combat A barricade of strong logs, like a corral for horses, had been erected round the wide square—which had no barrier down the middle.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Secrecy surrounding the event is so tight that the reported venue has been cordoned off with privacy tents, tarps and barricades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026

Streets surrounding the square are closed off with metal barricades, which Sheinbaum has said are meant to guard against "provocations."

From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026

Local media say the fibreglass and iron structure has been secured with heavy-duty nylon ropes, while barricades have been erected to keep people and traffic clear of the site.

From BBC ● May 27, 2026

Before Remulla’s statement, footage on local media showed supporters of Dela Rosa facing off with antiriot police outside the Senate building and trying to break down barricades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

There were barricades around Manhattan General, but in all the confusion, I got past them easily.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

The suspect remained barricaded as of Thursday afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

The door had been barricaded - reinforced with planks of wood and bricks - making entry more difficult.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

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 ● Feb. 21, 2026

Uncollected garbage barricaded the drainage ditches that encased their neighborhood.

From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2025

As you know, IOI has barricaded Castle Anorak in an attempt to prevent anyone else from reaching the egg.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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

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

After his late-night speech announcing the decree, opposition MPs and protesters converged on the National Assembly, but were met by police and military personnel barricading the building.

From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2024

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