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cordon

[kawr-dn] / ˈkɔr dn /






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Officials have built a cordon around the clutch of eggs, which lie between the shoreline and the boardwalk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

A 200m cordon was put in place between Threadneedle Street and London Wall, with nearby buildings evacuated as a precaution.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

The real Bora, 29, managed to slip through the security cordon and make a dash towards central Delhi before eventually being detained.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Also on Wednesday, Gloucestershire Police removed the cordon and reopened the scene.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The men on the Redwyne galleys had grown lax after so long, however, and they had slipped through the cordon smooth as black satin.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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

Thousands of people are spending another night away from their homes as cordons remain in place in Exmouth and Plymouth - where separate unexploded World War Two bombs were discovered on Wednesday.

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 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

Police have cordoned off Finchfield Road West and Finchfield Hill and a fire engine was parked outside the supermarket.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Lliani Orantes, Muñoz’s daughter and a nurse who was born in the U.S., said her father had been hauled out of the family home by federal authorities after they swarmed and cordoned off the block.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

She was waiting at the curb with a priority bag tag and wheeled my bag into the cordoned off Delta One check-in area.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Large chunks of concrete could be seen scattered around and inside the collapsed area, while orange traffic cones cordoned off the site as workers surveyed the damage.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

He had tucked Seabiscuit into a steel-doored stall and cordoned off the bam area, but the reporters were driving him to distraction.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Security was tight for the visit, with Berlin cordoning off flag-lined streets and deploying large numbers of police.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

Immediately after Cox was fired and Richardson and Ruckelshaus had resigned, Nixon’s chief of staff, Alexander M. Haig, ordered the cordoning off of all three of their offices.

From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2024


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