as in barricade
a line of people or objects that are placed around or in front of a person or place to keep people away
A cordon of police kept protesters away from the building.
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Reuters footage showed uniformed PJ officers on a cordon on a dirt road in Atalaia - a neighborhood of Lagos municipality - waving through unmarked vans and cars with German license plates from the city of Wiesbaden, where the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) has its headquarters.
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Reuters, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
Mourners waited hours to reach the casket, which was behind a cordon.
—Colleen Barry and Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
The move sparked turmoil as 190 out of a total of 300 lawmakers battled through cordons of special forces to enter parliament and vote to repeal the declaration just six hours later.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
Lawmakers defied the security cordon to enter the building, and around 1 a.m., all 190 lawmakers present — out of 300 total — voted to reject the martial law order.
—Stella Kim, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2024
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Reuters, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
Mourners waited hours to reach the casket, which was behind a cordon.
—Colleen Barry and Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
The move sparked turmoil as 190 out of a total of 300 lawmakers battled through cordons of special forces to enter parliament and vote to repeal the declaration just six hours later.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
Lawmakers defied the security cordon to enter the building, and around 1 a.m., all 190 lawmakers present — out of 300 total — voted to reject the martial law order.
—Stella Kim, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2024
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barricade
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Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
5 July 2025
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As the crowd of protesters surged forward, some pushed against a police barricade that blocked them from Pastor Terry Jones, O'Reilly motioned with his hands for the crowd to move back, pleading with them to keep the peace.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
3 July 2025
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“Cordon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cordon. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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