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to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point
the city barricaded the flooded streets to through traffic
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Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2024
Campus protests Police arrest 47 at UC Irvine after sweeping protest camp, clearing barricaded building.
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
By now, law enforcement’s failures during the response to the Uvalde shooting are well documented, including the fact that officers wrongly treated the shooter as a barricaded subject, rather than an active threat, and failed to confront him for 77 minutes.
—Lomi Kriel, ProPublica, 11 Aug. 2024
The 51-year-old, who lives across the street from Grant Park, was cooling down after a run along its outskirts, which were heavily barricaded as Lollapalooza was in full swing.
—Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2024
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In fact, a Trump supporter, Ashli Babbitt, was fatally shot by police while trying to climb through the broken window of a barricaded Capitol doorway.
—Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2024
Campus protests Police arrest 47 at UC Irvine after sweeping protest camp, clearing barricaded building.
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
By now, law enforcement’s failures during the response to the Uvalde shooting are well documented, including the fact that officers wrongly treated the shooter as a barricaded subject, rather than an active threat, and failed to confront him for 77 minutes.
—Lomi Kriel, ProPublica, 11 Aug. 2024
The 51-year-old, who lives across the street from Grant Park, was cooling down after a run along its outskirts, which were heavily barricaded as Lollapalooza was in full swing.
—Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Barricaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barricaded. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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