barricade

Meanwhile, some protesters in dark clothing and face coverings were seen taking boards off a building to build a street barricade in the southern city of Bordeaux.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

In the western city of Rennes, around 20 people set up a barricade using trash bins and large pallets on the outskirts of a shopping mall.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

She wasn’t expecting to find herself on the opposite side of a barricade from people she had spent much of her adult life marching alongside.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

A police barricade separated him from Ms. Townsend and other spectators outside his house.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

A meadow at Westminster had been prepared for the combat A barricade of strong logs, like a corral for horses, had been erected round the wide square—which had no barrier down the middle.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

They would later discover that Russians had dug sideways and below at these barricades to create large living hubs where soldiers would have to spend months at a time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

They had been detained by police and jailed after they crossed barricades and climbed over the locked gate at Jantar Mantar.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Footage showed the two - along with others - climbing over police barricades before chanting slogans while holding the Indian flag.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Authorities deployed thousands of security personnel across central Delhi for a third straight day, erecting heavy metal barricades and closing key metro stations.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

There were barricades around Manhattan General, but in all the confusion, I got past them easily.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Employees of barricaded shops in Rennes said they were "not feeling at ease" about protests planned for later in the day, despite a ban.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

On Sunday, access to the airbase at the airport, where the mutineers had barricaded themselves in, and to the presidency, was once again open, residents said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

“He lived here in the apartment complex, then barricaded himself into the apartment all day. They were able to get him out at about 3:30,” neighbor Kathy Kennedy told KTLA-TV after the incident.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

Court staff barricaded off the area and guarded it.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

And she, like an idiot, would remain barricaded in her room until it was too late.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie

On Monday, authorities closed schools and colleges for two days and imposed restrictions on public movement by barricading many arterial roads.

From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026

"We were barricading the doors between us with Rabbi Walker and a number of the other congregants. He couldn't get in because we were holding the doors firm."

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025

Protesters and worried family began arriving soon afterward, and by 2:30 p.m., a line of about 30 agents, including National Guard members, was barricading nearby Laguna Road.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2025

An emergency alert was issued and sirens sounded just two minutes later, issuing a lockdown warning that left worried students and staff barricading themselves inside dorms, bathrooms, classrooms and gyms.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2023

Kids crowded all along the back of the bench, barricading any escape.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia