cordoned off
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Video captured by OnSceneTV in the aftermath of the incident showed sheriff’s deputies speaking to a man wearing a Skydive Perris T-shirt next to a field of dry brush cordoned off with police tape.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
Jonathan’s lawyers said the footprint is inadmissible because the path was “never cordoned off and therefore contaminated,” making the mark “unsuitable as the subject of forensic-scientific examination.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
But the store remained closed, cordoned off with caution tape.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
TV pictures showed a white vehicle with a badly damaged windshield and hood, and the street cordoned off and surrounded by emergency vehicles.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
The ribbons that cordoned off the apparition area shook, too.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
