barricade

A police barricade separated him from Ms. Townsend and other spectators outside his house.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Community police officers and “autodefensas” stand guard at the main barricade of San Ángel Zurumucapio, monitoring people leaving or entering the community.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

Yoni Finlay, who was hit by a stray police bullet while helping to barricade the doors during the attack, will also speak at the service.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Brooks has described applying for compensation as torturous, a barricade that is constantly preventing him from being able to move forward.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

Up ahead, every police craft in the city sat nose to stern, forming a barricade that spanned the entire width of the river.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

The Whelford resident said she had noticed an "uneasiness in the air" in the the days leading up to the incident, alongside extra concrete barricades around the airbase.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

They constructed elaborate barricades with concrete, sandbags and razor wire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

So naturally the party leadership seems prepared to go to the barricades to defend it.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

But the city’s response to the barricades did not settle the public safety question.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

With all the commotion, I find I can get closer to the house, right up against the blue barricades that bar the short driveway.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

To understand the pupils' tactics, one must look beyond the barricaded school gates to a political tradition.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Hernandez noted that other police technologies, such as a robot dog used in situations involving barricaded suspects, had quietly moved from a pilot to a full-fledged program without input from the council.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

On Sunday morning, access to the airbase at the airport, where the mutineers had barricaded themselves in, and to the presidency, were open again, residents said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

Subway exits were also barricaded and mobile internet was jammed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

The Freedom Riders were barricaded on the bus.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

On Monday, authorities closed schools and colleges for two days and imposed restrictions on public movement by barricading many arterial roads.

From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026

When officers arrived, they detained one suspect immediately, but the second suspect was inside the manhole and refused to come out, barricading himself, said Officer Tony Im, a spokesperson for the Police Department.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026

"We were barricading the doors between us with Rabbi Walker and a number of the other congregants. He couldn't get in because we were holding the doors firm."

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025

An emergency alert was issued and sirens sounded just two minutes later, issuing a lockdown warning that left worried students and staff barricading themselves inside dorms, bathrooms, classrooms and gyms.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2023

On better days, either I’m Elsie’s guinea pig for whatever wild invention she’s working on or she’s barricading the door and helping me practice my magic.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston