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The driver’s section is fully sealed off from us.—Akash Kapur, New Yorker, 12 May 2026 The other rips the seal off Rip City come Saturday night.—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 8 May 2026 On June 1, protesters were aggressively pushed back to install mesh riot barriers, sealing off about 100 acres of Washington.—Neil Flanagan, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026 Questions about whether security was tight enough or should have sealed off the entire hotel will linger.—Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 1 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for seal off