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: a post of metal or wood on a wharf around which to fasten mooring lines
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chiefly British
: any of a series of short posts set at intervals to delimit an area (such as a traffic island) or to exclude vehicles
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Members of the Inter-Tribal Assn. of Arizona, which represents 21 tribes, traveled to Washington last month to lobby against a 20-foot secondary wall being built along that section of the border, as well as a primary 30-foot bollard wall planned on Tohono O’odham tribal lands.
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Julie Watson, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
The Village Board recently agreed to proceed with what officials called a compromise that would use temporary bollards to make the slip lane/Sloan Triangle area at times be closed off for events.
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Julie Watson, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
The Village Board recently agreed to proceed with what officials called a compromise that would use temporary bollards to make the slip lane/Sloan Triangle area at times be closed off for events.
—Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
Each fence, bollard, and inch of blast-resistant laminated glass is a barrier between the people and their government.
—Neil Flanagan, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026
The concrete barriers provide several benefits over the plastic bollards, Heyne said.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
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“Bollard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bollard. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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bollard
noun
bol·lard
ˈbäl-ərd 
: a post of metal or wood on a wharf around which to fasten mooring lines
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