Thesaurus / barricade
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After swarming through barricades, rioters forced their way inside.
HOW TO FIGHT ONLINE HATE BEFORE IT LEADS TO VIOLENCEKATHIANN KOWALSKIFEBRUARY 4, 2021SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSIn 1971 he helped organize the May Day demonstrations in Washington, where protesters — thousands of whom were arrested — erected barricades throughout the District to voice their opposition to the war.
RENNIE DAVIS, ‘CHICAGO SEVEN’ ACTIVIST AND LEADER OF NEW LEFT, DIES AT 80EMILY LANGERFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTPolice blocked access to the court with metal barricades, and dozens of riot police lined the streets as mounted units patrolled the area.
RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER NAVALNY ORDERED JAILED, CALLS ON SUPPORTERS TO KEEP PRESSURE ON PUTINISABELLE KHURSHUDYAN, ROBYN DIXONFEBRUARY 2, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThey should be stopped before they can do that — stopped where they are now — not at barricades that wall off our elected representatives from the people they serve.
THE DANGER OF RIGHT-WING MOBS IS REAL. FENCING AT THE U.S. CAPITOL WON’T HELP.PHILIP KENNICOTTFEBRUARY 1, 2021WASHINGTON POSTFarmers used tractors to tear down police barricades, and videos of police attacking protesting farmers circulated on social media.
WHY TWITTER BLOCKED ACCOUNTS LINKED TO FARMERS' PROTESTS IN INDIA—ONLY TO REVERSE COURSEBILLY PERRIGOFEBRUARY 1, 2021TIMEFootage showed someone with a shaky smartphone charging past the metal barricades surrounding the building.
THE BOOGALOO BOIS HAVE GUNS, CRIMINAL RECORDS AND MILITARY TRAINING. NOW THEY WANT TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT.BY A.C. THOMPSON, PROPUBLICA, AND LILA HASSAN AND KARIM HAJJ, FRONTLINEFEBRUARY 1, 2021PROPUBLICAIn a clever twist, police barricades — normally used to hold back protesters — keep viewers at a respectful distance from the display.
AT BALTIMORE’S REGINALD F. LEWIS MUSEUM, A SHOW ON RECENT HISTORY THAT’S URGENTLY OF THE MOMENTKELSEY ABLESJANUARY 27, 2021WASHINGTON POSTMinutes later, the crowd surged forward, toppled barricades and overwhelmed a handful of police officers, the FBI affidavit said.
PROUD BOYS ORGANIZER JOE BIGGS ARRESTED AS FBI ALLEGES MORE POSSIBLE PLANNING IN U.S. CAPITOL BREACHSPENCER HSUJANUARY 21, 2021WASHINGTON POSTSo we locked and bolted doors and built a barricade with the desk.
I WAS IN THE CAPITOL. I WAS UNDER SIEGEEUGENE ROBINSONJANUARY 20, 2021OZYIts barricades were breached for the first time since 1814, according to congressional historians.
THE BREACH OF THE CAPITOL SPOOKED US — AS IT SHOULD HAVEPHILIP ELLIOTTJANUARY 7, 2021TIMEWORDS RELATED TO BARRICADE
- bar
- barricade
- blank wall
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- brick wall
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