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cordon

[kawr-dn] / ˈkɔr dn /






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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

The cordon has also been extended to St James's Street, where an officer is standing guard.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 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

A police cordon is in place, as investigations continue.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 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

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

By Monday crowds of people had gathered at the edges of the cordons around the Union Corner site.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

Cordons of apples and pears have to be similarly treated, but cordons of peaches and nectarines are pruned so as to provide the necessary annual succession of young bearing wood.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various

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

Firefighters cordoned off the area and confirmed there were no injuries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

The area is also shown to be covered in bricks which have fallen away from the property, which was cordoned off to the public after the crash.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

She was waiting at the curb with a priority bag tag and wheeled my bag into the cordoned off Delta One check-in area.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

It’s still cordoned off but apparently they have a hard time keeping out the usual vultures—small boys hunting for RAF souvenirs!

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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

That velvet rope wasn’t cordoning off anything but wishes and dreams.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2023

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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