seal off

Example Sentences

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Schmidt said a proposed alternative had been to allow Deltopia to continue but to seal off Isla Vista to prevent out of towners from entering by using roadblocks and checkpoints.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2026

And it exposes something deeper about how the law handles its most final punishment: its willingness to seal off inquiry precisely when the stakes are highest.

From Slate • Jun. 26, 2025

Police used barricades and razor wire to seal off major roads - especially those leading to State House and parliament.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2025

The creatures then seal off the burrows at the ground line, where crawfish will survive “so long as there is some water on the bottom of that burrow,” Shirley explains.

From National Geographic • Feb. 15, 2024

We’ll seal off everything except the upper storage room and the tunnels leading in the front and out the back.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien