barricade

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

Put differently, law does not begin by asking what the barricade does.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

In a video which went viral, he commanded an infantry vehicle as it smashed through a makeshift barricade set up by pro-Moscow forces in the southern city of Mariupol.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

A police officer places a metal barricade on the streets around Madison Square Garden while a TV crew looks on.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

The barricade was scattered as if by a thunderbolt.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

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

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

Instead, over the last five years, it has turned the historic stretch of Crenshaw Boulevard into a nuisance, a ghost-town construction site with vandalized fences and barricades sitting for years on end.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

The struggle over public safety became concrete when residents began placing makeshift barricades in the streets to slow ICE vehicles.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

As the march began, protesters spilled onto the streets before being halted at successive barricades.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

There are enough reporters and cameramen on the narrow sidewalk that the police have set up barricades to keep them from flowing out into the street and obstructing traffic.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

“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

Now, Europe’s land borders are nearly all barricaded in imposing fences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

In the countryside west of the Welsh capital, farmers have a WhatsApp group to warn of suspicious vehicles and some have barricaded the entrances to their fields with concrete blocks and fallen trees.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

He then barricaded the man in the shop with a shopping trolley, as a bystander called the police.

From BBC ● May 3, 2026

After the Dr. Binks discussion, Grandpop practically barricaded himself in the inside-outside room.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds

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

Five minutes later, officers moved the furniture barricading the stairs, and senators and staff evacuated, winding down several flights to reach the subway between the Capitol and Senate office buildings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2024

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