barricade

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

Some also attempted to erect a barricade with rental bikes which was cleared by police.

From Barron's ● May 30, 2026

Her neighbors put up a barricade to block the vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

“That’s when we put the barricade to stop him from being moved,” Pillay recalled.

From Slate ● May 29, 2026

Now that the Sixers alone knew the location of the Second Gate, they weren’t going to be stupid enough to reveal its location to the world by trying to barricade it with their armada.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Secrecy surrounding the event is so tight that the reported venue has been cordoned off with privacy tents, tarps and barricades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026

The entrance of the luxurious hotel hosting the negotiations was protected by concrete blocks and metal barricades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

Overshadowing the days before the tournament are thousands of protesting teachers, who have blockaded highways and led the government to cordon off the historic Zocalo square with metal barricades.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

Almost every resident carries a private atlas of vanished places: Regal Cinema, the old Coffee House, Urdu bookshops in Daryaganj, winter evenings at India Gate before barricades and security cordons reshaped the city.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

Abolitionist lawyers erected barricades of paperwork, every week a new stratagem.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

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

From BBC ● May 3, 2026

The suspect remained barricaded as of Thursday afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

Ahead of the Lyon rally, some residents living near the march's planned route had barricaded the ground floor windows of their apartments, fearing unrest.

From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026

Uncollected garbage barricaded the drainage ditches that encased their neighborhood.

From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2025

Emily gasped, realizing the yellow tape was a remnant from the perimeter that had barricaded the underground stairway the day before.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

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

Rabbi Walker was one of the men who, like Mr Daulby, had been barricading the doors to stop Al-Shamie getting in before police shot the attacker dead.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 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

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