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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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In the Herring Run Park area, hundreds of flex posts and bollards from bike lanes surrounding the park litter the snow piles and curbs.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2026
The Promenade de la Playa team is working on paperwork to submit to the city that will include plans and drawings for things such as signs, bollards, trees and shrubs, removal of on-street lines and improvements to outdoor dining spaces.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
On Wednesday night, Sohail was recorded patiently removing bollards and clearing away snow from the building’s side entrance before ramming his car into the door, causing more than $1,500 worth of damage.
—Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
The streamer spent several years attempting to establish its service in China, but gave up after hitting censorship bollards time and time again.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2026
The Promenade de la Playa team is working on paperwork to submit to the city that will include plans and drawings for things such as signs, bollards, trees and shrubs, removal of on-street lines and improvements to outdoor dining spaces.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
On Wednesday night, Sohail was recorded patiently removing bollards and clearing away snow from the building’s side entrance before ramming his car into the door, causing more than $1,500 worth of damage.
—Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
The streamer spent several years attempting to establish its service in China, but gave up after hitting censorship bollards time and time again.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
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“Bollard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bollard. Accessed 12 Mar. 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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