barriers

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Some fans told the BBC there was potential for a crush outside Saturday's Scotland v Haiti fixture and reported barriers being toppled by the mass of fans.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

The defendants planned or worked together to create shield walls and physical barriers for multiple demonstrations outside an immigration detention center, prosecutors alleged.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

Scientists also note that prion diseases have crossed species barriers in the past.

From Science Daily • Jun. 16, 2026

He notes that the valley is a predominantly immigrant community, where many youth grapple with complex challenges in their everyday lives, including housing instability, high poverty rates and language barriers, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

But we already saw in Chapter 10 that the north—south axes and ecological barriers within Africa and the Americas retarded the diffusion of crops and domestic animals.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond