Example Sentences

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Some even made pilgrimages to the isolated ranch, hovering outside yellow and red police tape cordoning off the site.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2025

Immediately after Cox was fired and Richardson and Ruckelshaus had resigned, Nixon’s chief of staff, Alexander M. Haig, ordered the cordoning off of all three of their offices.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2024

Police arrived soon after, urging visitors to disperse as they began cordoning off the street.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023

Police have been investigating the cause of Friday's incident, cordoning off the scene which remained scattered with debris.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2023

People often blame algorithms—the invisible sets of rules that shape online landscapes, from social media to search engines—for cordoning use off into digital “filter bubbles” by feeding us content that reinforces our preexisting world view.

From Scientific American • May 24, 2023