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Many families are only just discovering the extent of damage to their homes as West Midlands Fire Service allowed some behind the cordon after three days.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 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

Yellow police tape was used to cordon off the gas station.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

If necessary, when the chase came too close, he could charge the cordon while it was still thin, burst through, and run back.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

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

Photographs of the scene show cordons in place, with emergency workers hanging sheets of tarp around part of the mall.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

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

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026

For many weeks the towns along the bay shore were surrounded by cordons of threatening flame.

From Stories of the Badger State by Reuben Gold Thwaites

For many, security cameras—along with wildlife cameras and even drones—are the only way of knowing what’s happening as affected neighborhoods and streets are cordoned off by authorities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 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

"That entire house, the property, should have been cordoned off. No one should have stepped foot in that location other than law enforcement, and only for the purposes of doing the investigation."

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

That week, downtown Seattle was cordoned off because protestors had taken over the streets surrounding the convention center, and some activists had broken the windows of a Starbucks nearby.

From Salon ● Jun. 9, 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