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He said he was now visiting the cordon four times a day to seek information.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

A cordon that started at High Holborn and covered the St Mungo's homeless centre on the street has now been removed.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

This time the US Secret Service is taking no chances, shutting down a swathe of Washington and throwing up a huge security cordon to ensure the White House dinner 2.0 passes off safely.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

"It did work, the system worked," director Sean Curran told reporters on Wednesday, insisting that a cordon had prevented the alleged attacker from reaching the main hall where the dinner was taking place in April.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

Outside the cordon, curious onlookers were kept away by Philadelphia police officers as Wes and Tony were led outside in handcuffs, and thrown into the back of a police wagon.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

Ch Insp Ian Roberts, of North Wales Police, said ignoring road closures and police cordons was "dangerous and may constitute a criminal offence".

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Officers set up cordons on surrounding roads to prevent people from heading to the coast.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

At the scene, several police cordons were deployed at various locations inside and outside the station, according to images published by local media.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

Members of the public have been asked to avoid the area, with cordons in place.

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026

For Roger, bursting through the hostile cordons like an infuriated blue-bottle fly caught in the outer strands of a spider’s web, had applied a premature spark to a gunpowder train.

From The Great Mogul by Louis Tracy

Hundreds of police, some wielding sticks, were deployed near Shifa International Hospital in the capital Islamabad, with roads leading to the clinic cordoned off.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Plainclothes officers cordoned off Zhu’s ancestral home in the landlocked Hunan province and turned away visitors who came to lay flowers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Soldiers cordoned off the area before using dynamite to blast the first ruined building apart -- a 12-story residential tower that had partially collapsed and was slanting toward the street.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

When she got home four hours later, the house was cordoned off with police tape, with officers guarding the door.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

The crash site was cordoned off for 2 days as they took photographs from every possible angle, including the air, and sifted through the wreckage.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

The key is ‘alignment,’ which improves capability while cordoning off dangerous knowledge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

Helicopter footage captured by NBC4 showed police tape cordoning off a section of the residential street, where a large number of emergency responders were gathered.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

Most designs involve cordoning off a bay and employing staff to ensure Wikie and Keijo - who were born in captivity and cannot be released into the wild - were properly fed and looked after.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2025

Police arrived soon after, urging visitors to disperse as they began cordoning off the street.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

That velvet rope wasn’t cordoning off anything but wishes and dreams.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2023