gate

Occasionally, my wife and I pause to read as we amble across to visit our late son, inurned near a Gothic Revival gate crowned by nests of monk parakeets.

It's a medium security prison, but the thick iron gates and imposing white walls topped with barbed wire give it a more "maximum" feel.

Then there’s the one of Kirk standing with George Floyd at the gates of heaven.

Thousands had excitedly scurried through the entrance gates before sunrise to claim a spot in the huge 5,000-capacity grandstand on the first tee.

After ICE agents hear from protesters that there are “many Latinos in heaven,” they make the pearly gates their next stop.