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Nottinghamshire Police set up a cordon and a number of roads were closed around Chesterfield Canal and Raglan Road on Monday.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

This time the US Secret Service is taking no chances, shutting down a swathe of Washington and throwing up a huge security cordon to ensure the White House dinner 2.0 passes off safely.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

"It did work, the system worked," director Sean Curran told reporters on Wednesday, insisting that a cordon had prevented the alleged attacker from reaching the main hall where the dinner was taking place in April.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

A strict cordon remains in place and there is currently no public access for vehicles or walkers to Glenmore Forest Park or Loch Morlich.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

In the winner’s circle, the police cordon gave way and the reporters and fans pressed in again, wedging Seabiscuit and his handlers into the corner.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

"Additional police resources are being deployed to assist in contacting those who need to leave their properties and to maintain cordons around restricted areas while our fire service colleagues continue to tackle the wildfire."

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Ch Insp Ian Roberts, of North Wales Police, said ignoring road closures and police cordons was "dangerous and may constitute a criminal offence".

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Officers set up cordons on surrounding roads to prevent people from heading to the coast.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

At the scene, several police cordons were deployed at various locations inside and outside the station, according to images published by local media.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

The upright and horizontal cordons may also be used, though neither of these forms is specially well adapted to pears.

From Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada by F. A. Waugh

Hundreds of police, some wielding sticks, were deployed near Shifa International Hospital in the capital Islamabad, with roads leading to the clinic cordoned off.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Plainclothes officers cordoned off Zhu’s ancestral home in the landlocked Hunan province and turned away visitors who came to lay flowers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

The area around the home was cordoned off for six days, according to The Sun, external, with one resident telling the newspaper the property was being renovated.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Soldiers cordoned off the area before using dynamite to blast the first ruined building apart -- a 12-story residential tower that had partially collapsed and was slanting toward the street.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

The crash site was cordoned off for 2 days as they took photographs from every possible angle, including the air, and sifted through the wreckage.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

The key is ‘alignment,’ which improves capability while cordoning off dangerous knowledge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

Immediately after Cox was fired and Richardson and Ruckelshaus had resigned, Nixon’s chief of staff, Alexander M. Haig, ordered the cordoning off of all three of their offices.

From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2024

Police arrived soon after, urging visitors to disperse as they began cordoning off the street.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

Video from the area appears to show heavily armed police cordoning off a commercial property in the area.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2023

With police cordoning off the area, he hadn’t been able to get in for days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2023