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Local media say the fibreglass and iron structure has been secured with heavy-duty nylon ropes, while barricades have been erected to keep people and traffic clear of the site.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

And rather than hit the barricades and denounce people or say, “How dare you think that” and shut people down.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

We bought a bunch of road rental companies — all those orange barricades and cones and striping you see on the roads.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

On Friday, a large deployment of police, many in riot gear, and metal barricades were seen choking access to central neighbourhoods of Istanbul.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Blue-uniformed policemen stood at intervals watching us shuffle along within the wooden gray-painted police barricades.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey