cordon
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No arrests have been made and a police cordon remains in place in Braybrook Street.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
As armed guards maintained a cordon around a nearby village, Washington questioned the decision to release on bail five men arrested near the Royal Air Force Fairford base in southwest England.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
A large cordon remains in place near the base, while 85 households who were evacuated on Sunday have now been told by Gloucestershire Police that they can return home.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
But police have said a cordon will remain around the three vehicles.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Then he strode through the cordon of officials and began to pass the athletes, separated from them by a rope line.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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
Ch Insp Ian Roberts, of North Wales Police, said ignoring road closures and police cordons was "dangerous and may constitute a criminal offence".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 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
The tree thus provides four parallel and equally spaced upright and fruiting stems equal to four upright cordons, except that they are all supported from a single trunk.
From Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada by F. A. Waugh
Restaurant owner Erlint Tsalai said he was awaiting an update from police after his business, The Souvlaki, was cordoned off.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 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
The area remained cordoned off on Monday with officers posted outside the property.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
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
The ribbons that cordoned off the apparition area shook, too.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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
That velvet rope wasn’t cordoning off anything but wishes and dreams.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2023
Video from the area appears to show heavily armed police cordoning off a commercial property in the area.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2023
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