gate

Example Sentences

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The Unite union said some staff at the site were told the leave via a particular route, only to find the gate they had been directed to was locked with combination locks.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

So he kept a chain-link gate to the trail locked.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

There were no casualties, although a union has claimed staff had to climb a locked gate to escape.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Shares of Cerebras Systems rocketed out of the gate Thursday, as demand for the inference-chip maker’s stock far exceeded already sky-high expectations.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

On one end was the main gate to the castle, where the king and queen and other royal guests made their grand entrances.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff