Sentence examples for roadblocks run from inspiring English sources

Roadblocks run by machete-wielding mobs have popped up across the country.

It was crossing an area lined with trees at 9 a.m. when it encountered a NATO roadblock run by soldiers clearing the road of roadside bombs, Afghan officials said.

As the unrest drags on with little progress being made, angry youths from Shia villages continue their daily barrage of Molotov cocktails, burning tyre roadblocks and running battles with the police.

The numerous roadblocks he ran into trying to bring the film to fruition also haunted him, triggering memories of "having quit every musical instrument I ever tried.

United Nations officials have also threatened to run roadblocks and use robust force to protect civilians, but the military strikes this week stood out as a notable departure from their usual peacekeeping efforts.

Though top United Nations officials have recently pledged to enforce their mandate in Ivory Coast robustly, promising to run roadblocks or other obstructions to protect civilians here, no peacekeepers arrived, much to the anger of residents.

Vehicles arriving at roadblocks must now run their tires through a solution of water and iodine, and passengers are required to step on mats saturated in the same compound.

Have you ever narrowly escaped kidnappers in Beirut or run roadblocks in Rwanda?

I wanted to run roadblocks in the middle of the night, blowing past angry militia with a handful of hurled Marlboro packs, experience fear, excitement, wonder.

What roadblocks have they run into?

Following two more North Korean attacks the Americans near Hill 163 were forced to abandon the roadblock after running out of ammunition.