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[kawr-dn] / ˈkɔr dn /






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A group of police officers laid floral tributes at the police cordon on Eston Road on Sunday.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

On Kudrinskaya Square the police cordon has been lifted outside the Balzi Rossi Italian restaurant.

From BBC Aug. 3, 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

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

But the policeman urged me to go first, and indeed as soon as I was in the hall, the crowd surged forward and overcame the cordon of policemen.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

"Additional police resources are being deployed to assist in contacting those who need to leave their properties and to maintain cordons around restricted areas while our fire service colleagues continue to tackle the wildfire."

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Despite road closures and police cordons, emergency services have continued to receive reports of visitors attempting to enter the affected area.

From BBC Jul. 24, 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

These may be in fact upright cordons which are trained with strong stems and allowed to support themselves without a trellis.

From Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada by F. A. Waugh

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

The area around the home was cordoned off for six days, according to The Sun, external, with one resident telling the newspaper the property was being renovated.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

The new EU stepped in to help build border fences, including an eight-foot-tall barrier built in 1995 to replace the rusting, chest-high wire that cordoned Ceuta off from Morocco.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

The Covent Garden street where the incident unfolded, lined with stores and outdoor seating, was cordoned off with police tape for several hours.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

It’s still cordoned off but apparently they have a hard time keeping out the usual vultures—small boys hunting for RAF souvenirs!

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

Some even made pilgrimages to the isolated ranch, hovering outside yellow and red police tape cordoning off the site.

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2025

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




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