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Nottinghamshire Police set up a cordon and a number of roads were closed around Chesterfield Canal and Raglan Road on Monday.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

One family who live in the affected area said they were turned back at a police cordon and do not know how badly affected their home may be.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 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

I can’t count the times I’ve wondered if there have ever been any instances of condemned men escaping the relentless machinery, disappearing before the execution or breaking through the cordon of police.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus

"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

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

By Monday crowds of people had gathered at the edges of the cordons around the Union Corner site.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

The reception rooms, the great gallery, the hall of the marshals, glittered with embroidered dresses, cordons, collars and orders of every kind, both French and foreign.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 by Various

Hundreds of police, some wielding sticks, were deployed near Shifa late on Thursday, with roads leading to the hospital cordoned off ahead of the expected transfer.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

Steve Chapman, who lives opposite the beach, said he could not get into his road because it was cordoned off.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

The force had said there was "no threat to the public", but the area was cordoned off as a precaution.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 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

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

Israeli television channels showed police cordoning off the area as emergency personnel helped the injured and a helicopter hovered above.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2024

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

With police cordoning off the area, he hadn’t been able to get in for days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2023