cordon
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As armed guards maintained a cordon around a nearby village, Washington questioned the decision to release on bail five men arrested near the Royal Air Force Fairford base in southwest England.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
Around 85 households were evacuated from the village early Sunday, and had to stay elsewhere overnight as a police cordon remained in place around the Whelford on Monday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
But police have said a cordon will remain around the three vehicles.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Beatrice Venner also lives in the student flats within the cordon.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
I told them they could send a security cordon with me, and that I would give my word that I would return.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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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
"Sadly, incidents of disturbance still occurred despite the presence of volunteers, police and statutory body staff as a small minority of people wilfully ignored cordons and direct advice on watching respectfully," a spokesperson said.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
Det Ch Insp Matthew Denby said officers were working to "establish the full circumstances around this incident", and a number of police cordons were in place.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
Cordons of apples and pears have to be similarly treated, but cordons of peaches and nectarines are pruned so as to provide the necessary annual succession of young bearing wood.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
Large chunks of concrete could be seen scattered around and inside the collapsed area, while orange traffic cones cordoned off the site as workers surveyed the damage.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
When I emerged from the subway, the police had already cordoned off the streets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
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
A few yards away, at the end of the road, several Sons of the Six had cordoned off the area and stood lined up to keep anyone from advancing.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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Security was tight for the visit, with Berlin cordoning off flag-lined streets and deploying large numbers of police.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
The key is ‘alignment,’ which improves capability while cordoning off dangerous knowledge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Some even made pilgrimages to the isolated ranch, hovering outside yellow and red police tape cordoning off the site.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025
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
Video from the area appears to show heavily armed police cordoning off a commercial property in the area.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2023
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