gate
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They had been detained by police and jailed after they crossed barricades and climbed over the locked gate at Jantar Mantar.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
You can be in the middle of the West Village with a million things happening around you, walk through the gate, and suddenly it’s completely peaceful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The private-credit gate needs loan values to hold until the exit widens.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Why Cajon Pass acts like an "earthquake gate"
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
I stumble backward toward the gate, and then think better of it.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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Police use black armored personnel carriers to patrol downtown Kashgar, while heavily armed officers are stationed outside the gates of the ancient part of the city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Tucked behind private gates, the architectural residence combines modern design with an abundance of outdoor space, offering a secluded escape from the bustle of Los Angeles.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
To understand the pupils' tactics, one must look beyond the barricaded school gates to a political tradition.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
These channels act as microscopic gates in cell membranes and play an important role in electrical signaling.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
On our right-hand side are recurring openings into the auditorium, like different gates at a baseball stadium.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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The residence sprawls 16,500 square feet and sits on 3.37 acres of gated land, offering plenty of space and privacy for Manning and his family.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
He and his wife settled in a sprawling gated community with round-the-clock security.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
What could have been a grand welcome has become a gated off, highly controlled space that now feels separate from the park and the neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Newbies will have to parse the gear thingy in the console, three controllers meant to evoke the gated shifters of yore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
When Grandma was outside, we followed her into the gated backyard, where we rolled around with our big red wagon and helped her water all the plants.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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PSPOs replace earlier measures such as designated public place orders, gating orders, and dog control orders.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
The funds started gating their exits and giving investors smaller and smaller prorated portions of the cash investors sought.
From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026
The platform has “age gating requirements,” she said, and its marketing isn’t focused specifically on college students.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Physical infrastructure such as computing and power remain gating factors to the development of AI, and adoption of enterprise technology is a very slow process.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 24, 2026
Every weaver had his own way of gating, and his own little tricks of weaving.
From In the Days of the Guild by Louise Lamprey
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