cordon
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The kid’s joy is as stratospheric as the plane; he adores everything but the airline’s chicken cordon bleu.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
A police cordon put in place while inquiries were carried out has since been lifted.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
As people gathered around the police cordon, the mother of one of the victims could be heard crying in despair from her car.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
The tankers have been unable to breach a cordon of U.S. warships that have chased them all the way to the Indian Ocean.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
It would seem almost as though there were a cordon drawn round the upper part of these great peaks beyond which no man may go.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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