barricade
Example Sentences
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While the market reopened on November 20, guarded by armed police and protected by concrete barricades, it remained closed on Saturday out of respect to the victims of last year's attack.
From Barron's
Uncollected garbage barricaded the drainage ditches that encased their neighborhood.
From Salon
They locked the doors and barricaded them with chairs and desks.
Afterwards, Machado went outside to greet her supporters, who waited behind metal barricades on the street.
From BBC
As the Popemobile made its way from the port to the waterfront, people jostled against metal barricades to get a better vantage point for smartphone videos.
From Los Angeles Times
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