cordon
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A spokesman said the impact caused a gas leak so a cordon has been put in place by firefighters and the police, with a structural engineer and a gas engineer due to attend.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
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 cordon is in place around Ger-y-Nant, which is accommodation for over-60s and consists of 13 flats.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 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
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
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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
Large crowds gathered at the edge of cordons on Renfield Street and Gordon Street to watch the fire, as emergency services urged people to stay away.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2026
Roads in the area have now re-opened, the buses removed from scene and police cordons have been lifted.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
Besides the bush plums, the garden contains a row of upright cordons.
From Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada by F. A. Waugh
Dozens of emergency vehicles were waiting with their lights flashing near the river front and police officers cordoned off the port entrance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
The centre has been cordoned off as a crime scene.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
An AFP reporter on site noted ambulances and multiple police cars at the scene as police cordoned off the area -- one of Poland's landmark tourist hotspots popular with locals and foreign visitors.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 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
We approached the entrance to the harbor, cordoned off by a line of armed guards.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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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
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
With police cordoning off the area, he hadn’t been able to get in for days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2023
The incident caused major delays to trains at the station in the early morning rush, with police cordoning off the station and setting up large white curtains around the attack scene.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2023
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