cordon
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Nottinghamshire Police set up a cordon and a number of roads were closed around Chesterfield Canal and Raglan Road on Monday.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The delays meant that a cordon at the crime scene was not put in place until 23 February, six days after Low's body was found.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
This time the US Secret Service is taking no chances, shutting down a swathe of Washington and throwing up a huge security cordon to ensure the White House dinner 2.0 passes off safely.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Yellow police tape was used to cordon off the gas station.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
I can’t count the times I’ve wondered if there have ever been any instances of condemned men escaping the relentless machinery, disappearing before the execution or breaking through the cordon of police.
From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus
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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
Photographs of the scene show cordons in place, with emergency workers hanging sheets of tarp around part of the mall.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
By Monday crowds of people had gathered at the edges of the cordons around the Union Corner site.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
Five or six wires are needed to make a good trellis for upright cordons.
From Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada by F. A. Waugh
For many, security cameras—along with wildlife cameras and even drones—are the only way of knowing what’s happening as affected neighborhoods and streets are cordoned off by authorities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
At least two police vehicles were seen parked outside a property in Rotherham believed to be connected to the investigation on Sunday, which was cordoned off while officers and forensic teams worked at the scene.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Secrecy surrounding the event is so tight that the reported venue has been cordoned off with privacy tents, tarps and barricades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
An AFP photographer at the scene saw a heavy police presence with access to the area cordoned off, while a helicopter circled overhead.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
A group of friends and family had gathered there to greet us, only now, due to Secret Service protocol, they were cordoned off behind a rope.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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The key is ‘alignment,’ which improves capability while cordoning off dangerous knowledge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Some blame the app for not providing accurate information while others argue that it is a larger failure on the part of the government for not cordoning off the place.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2024
Immediately after Cox was fired and Richardson and Ruckelshaus had resigned, Nixon’s chief of staff, Alexander M. Haig, ordered the cordoning off of all three of their offices.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2024
Police arrived soon after, urging visitors to disperse as they began cordoning off the street.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
With police cordoning off the area, he hadn’t been able to get in for days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2023
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