barricade
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“That’s when we put the barricade to stop him from being moved,” Pillay recalled.
From Slate • May 29, 2026
About 220 yards from the finish line, the 5-foot-5 Lightning slammed into a barricade and collapsed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
Every exterior wall of the steel-framed home is a foot-thick, fire-resistant barricade.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026
A barricade stands several hundred metres from parliament.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
As we come to the gate of my community, I can see that it’s blocked by a barricade of sorts; another sign of how deep the crisis has cut.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Vocabulary lists containing barricade
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