open gate

Example Sentences

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The inspector apparently wandered over after finishing a nearby inspection, walked through an open gate, and decided on the spot that he’d found a mine.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Mui slips through her open gate, steps onto a small driveway, and approaches her.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025

On video captured by a security camera at the scene, the agents pull up at the open gate in a white SUV and three agents exit the car.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2025

Deputies who took up positions in the neighbors’ yards then spotted McDonald in his backyard, mostly obscured behind the partly open gate of a tall wooden fence.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024

We walk past the Hub and through the open gate, watching, waiting, as others file onto idling buses that will take them to the train station and airports and home.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed