Examples of tollgate in a Sentence
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Your pass will need to be purchased before arriving to the tollgates.
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Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
One witness at the protests, Akinbosola Ogunsanya, said the shooting began after the lights were turned off at the Nigerian city's Lekki tollgate.
—Stephanie Busari, CNN, 20 Oct. 2020
There are not yet answers for the families of the more than a dozen people, including Victor, who disappeared after demonstrations against the national police’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad, commonly known as SARS, at an area called Lekki tollgate in Lagos.
—Washington Post, 21 June 2021
In Lagos on Wednesday afternoon, traffic flowed through the Lekki tollgate, where young people demonstrating against police brutality were gunned down by security forces in 2020.
—Elian Peltier, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2023
The nationwide #EndSARS protests, which garnered global attention, led to police opening fire on peaceful protesters and killing at least 15 people at Lagos’s Lekki tollgate.
—Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
The protest at the Lekki tollgate was one of many demonstrations across the country at the time against police brutality.
—Ben Ezeamalu, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2021
Before the massacre, hundreds had camped out near the Lekki tollgate, blasting music and sharing meals.
—Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2021
There is no official death toll, but an Amnesty International investigation found that at least 12 people died at Lekki tollgate and another site on October 20.
—Stephanie Busari, CNN, 19 Oct. 2021
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Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
One witness at the protests, Akinbosola Ogunsanya, said the shooting began after the lights were turned off at the Nigerian city's Lekki tollgate.
—Stephanie Busari, CNN, 20 Oct. 2020
There are not yet answers for the families of the more than a dozen people, including Victor, who disappeared after demonstrations against the national police’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad, commonly known as SARS, at an area called Lekki tollgate in Lagos.
—Washington Post, 21 June 2021
In Lagos on Wednesday afternoon, traffic flowed through the Lekki tollgate, where young people demonstrating against police brutality were gunned down by security forces in 2020.
—Elian Peltier, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2023
The nationwide #EndSARS protests, which garnered global attention, led to police opening fire on peaceful protesters and killing at least 15 people at Lagos’s Lekki tollgate.
—Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
The protest at the Lekki tollgate was one of many demonstrations across the country at the time against police brutality.
—Ben Ezeamalu, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2021
Before the massacre, hundreds had camped out near the Lekki tollgate, blasting music and sharing meals.
—Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2021
There is no official death toll, but an Amnesty International investigation found that at least 12 people died at Lekki tollgate and another site on October 20.
—Stephanie Busari, CNN, 19 Oct. 2021
Dictionary Entries Near tollgate
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“Tollgate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tollgate. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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tollgate
noun
toll·gate
ˈtōl-ˌgāt 
: a point where vehicles stop to pay a toll
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