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barricade

[bar-i-kayd, bar-i-kayd] / ˈbær ɪˌkeɪd, ˌbær ɪˈkeɪd /


VERB
block, usually to protect
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Other speakers at the memorial service include Alan Levy, who helped barricade the doors against the attacker, and Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Sir Stephen Watson.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Brooks has described applying for compensation as torturous, a barricade that is constantly preventing him from being able to move forward.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

In July 2024, Rinderknecht demanded the chatbot generate an image that showed wealthy elites dining extravagantly on one side of a wall while the world burned beyond the barricade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

Her neighbors put up a barricade to block the vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

We're pressed up against the back of a blue banner, a barricade between us and the street.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

They asked visitors to stay outside of the barricades and away from the eroded edge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

So naturally the party leadership seems prepared to go to the barricades to defend it.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

The city described the barricades through the language of safety as well.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

As activists gather beneath tarpaulin sheets in New Delhi, often holding all-night political debates, singing or reciting poetry, delivery drivers from online platforms weave through the barricades.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

“Let’s see the babies,” Molly called from the bridge barricades.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

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

On Sunday morning, access to the airbase at the airport, where the mutineers had barricaded themselves in, and to the presidency, were open again, 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

A city centre, once so scarred by sectarian violence that it was barricaded off every night, was turned into one big, pedestrianised stage to showcase all its traditions.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

Once, though, she broke her own rule; in need of additional supplies, and reluctant to rise from the catastrophic mess that barricaded her, she asked Eliot to fetch something from the kitchen.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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

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

After his late-night speech announcing the decree, opposition MPs and protesters converged on the National Assembly, but were met by police and military personnel barricading the building.

From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2024

Police believe the woman barricading herself is a missing Maryland woman found Tuesday morning.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 29, 2023

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

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia




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