roped off

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Officials have asked for beachgoers to avoid the slide area, which is roped off, while the city’s building division and a geologist evaluate the damage and the bluff’s integrity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2025

If it’s possible, a significant chunk of the town is roped off.

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2024

Law enforcement officials roped off the street near the home.

From Washington Times • Apr. 13, 2023

The decision also clawed back 68,000 acres of sensitive lands from ConocoPhillips ownership and roped off nearly 3 million acres of Arctic Ocean area from offshore drilling.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2023

The group marched to a rectangular clearing that had been roped off in the center of the construction site.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen