Sentence examples for cross a checkpoint from inspiring English sources

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The media center posted video showing demonstrators trying to cross a checkpoint.

Nicosia, called Lefkosia in Greek and Lefkosa in Turkish, most visibly symbolizes this estrangement; to visit both sides, you must cross a checkpoint and change your money — euros on one side, Turkish liras on the other.

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She said she had realized Ossetians were in control after her teenage son was stopped as his bus crossed a checkpoint.

Speaking to The Guardian during a visit to Bosnia, Jolie said: "I would hope that years down the line when war breaks out, people who are considering raping a man, woman or child would be very aware of the consequences of their actions, and that a woman crossing a checkpoint would be aware there was someone collecting evidence and that evidence would have a... result for her".

"It costs 300 NIS every month [about US$74] for the two buses, and many families can't afford to pay," Ms. Khatib said, adding that some parents wonder whether crossing a checkpoint twice a day is safe for small children.

In a separate incident, military officials said Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip apprehended a Palestinian man dressed as a woman, complete with Islamic head covering and gloves, as he tried to cross a military checkpoint after firing toward a Jewish settlement.

In Laredo, Texas, for example, during peak crossing times before the attacks, it took about 5 min for a pedestrian to cross a bridge checkpoint and half an hour for a motorist.

The military spokesman has conveniently deflected the questions about how, if at all, the terrorists were able to cross a security checkpoint at the Durand Line between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

He said he doubted that they would have been armed, because they had known that they had to cross an Israeli checkpoint to get to school.

In Falluja protesters had tried to cross an army checkpoint on the outskirts of the town, and threw rocks at soldiers, who opened fire.

Worshipers visiting Rachel's tomb, which is guarded by a large Israeli force, now must first cross an Israeli checkpoint and then travel about 200 yards in an armored bus past Palestinian homes and shops.

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