barricade
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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
Ten years later he gained prominence when footage went viral showing his infantry fighting vehicle smashing through a makeshift barricade.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 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
It looked as if someone had tried to barricade the opening.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
Stand-offs continued in subsequent years as members of the Order walked to police barricades in protest at the restrictions.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
So naturally the party leadership seems prepared to go to the barricades to defend it.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
And if so, will all the barricades return?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The city described the barricades through the language of safety as well.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Their death-in-prison sentences were insulated from legal challenges or appeals by a maze of procedural rules, statutes of limitations, and legal barricades designed to make successful postconviction challenges almost impossible.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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
By the time deputies arrived, the suspect had barricaded himself inside his home, authorities said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Now, Europe’s land borders are nearly all barricaded in imposing fences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
He then barricaded the man in the shop with a shopping trolley, as a bystander called the police.
From BBC ● May 3, 2026
The Freedom Riders were barricaded on the bus.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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
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
After barricading themselves inside, they named the building “Dr. Adnan’s office” in honor of Dr. Adnan al-Bursh, a leading Palestinian surgeon who died in April in an Israeli detention facility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 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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