Sentence examples for in a cordon from inspiring English sources

The Americans tried to do this by enclosing it in a cordon sanitaire, the Europeans by talking it into good behaviour.

A senior American military officer said 2,500 American soldiers would stay in a cordon around Najaf, though units would rotate in and out.

They're about to be caught up in a cordon sanitaire when a deadly virus starts spreading and their bit of town is closed off.

As Benedict was driven through the streets of Westminster to the Houses of Parliament in his bulletproof vehicle, a dozen security men surrounded it, and police officers stood shoulder to shoulder in a cordon between crowds of well-wishers.

For several hours on 1 April thousands of demonstrators had been trapped in a cordon outside the Bank of England and troublemakers were identified on handheld cameras carried by police teams.

His plodding walk is what first brought him to the attention of PC Andrew Brown, who was in a cordon that blocked Tomlinson and others from walking north along King William Street.

There are slot car races, a magician doing card tricks, and the crew of MTV's "Pimp My Ride" upgrading a car in a cordoned-off section called Mustang Alley, which has a spring-break vibe.

Reporters from TV Tokyo, a Mexican radio network and Motorcycle TV waited to talk to him, as he leaned against his motorcycle in a cordoned off news media area.

Instead 59 Productions will project live segments of the show against the castle late at night this week before showing it to 27,000 people gathered under the rock in a cordoned off, ticketed area on Sunday night.

According to Politika, Mr. Garic and Mr. Mandic were killed simply so they could not identify the two assassins, one of whom came up to them in a cordoned off part of the lobby, greeted Mr. Raznatovic and then fired at the three from close range, escaping unharmed, while his associate was seriously wounded by a bodyguard before escaping.

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