barricade
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Ten years later he gained prominence when footage went viral showing his infantry fighting vehicle smashing through a makeshift barricade.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 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
Her neighbors put up a barricade to block the vehicles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
Ayanna and Thandiwe crouched behind a makeshift barricade of food-splattered tables.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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The struggle over public safety became concrete when residents began placing makeshift barricades in the streets to slow ICE vehicles.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Recalling the incident in an interview with Ukrainian media, Drapaty said his driver asked: "Major, there are barricades ahead. What do we do?"
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
He later recalled being told there were barricades more than a metre high ahead and being asked what to do.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
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
Blue-uniformed policemen stood at intervals watching us shuffle along within the wooden gray-painted police barricades.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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Subway exits were also barricaded and mobile internet was jammed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
A powerful 1996 law called Section 230 has long barricaded internet platforms against most civil liability.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2026
The door had been barricaded - reinforced with planks of wood and bricks - making entry more difficult.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
As before, the entrance was barricaded - this time with bed slats wedged against the stairs to the first-floor property.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
The ambassador and his aides conduct foreign policy from the newly opened, extensively barricaded embassy on Neustadtische Kirchstrasse.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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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
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
Five minutes later, officers moved the furniture barricading the stairs, and senators and staff evacuated, winding down several flights to reach the subway between the Capitol and Senate office buildings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 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
“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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