How to Use bollard in a Sentence

bollard

noun
Definition of bollardnext
  • Trump has gone back and forth about whether the steel bollards on the border should be black.
    — Harold Maass, TheWeek, 7 May 2020
  • The officer was crushed between a bollard in front of the building and the front end of the SUV.
    — Stephanie Toone, ajc, 9 June 2020
  • Still, the steel bollards stacked near the cemetery were an ominous sign.
    — J. David Goodman, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Where does that leave plans to add bollards along Bourbon?
    — Greg Larose, NOLA.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • The San Diego project will be similar to the one in Santa Teresa — bollards with a steel plate at the top.
    — Kate Morrissey, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 June 2018
  • Two graphic grids have been erected on the two other sides of the site, and bollards will be set up all around.
    — Sylvie Corbet, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2018
  • The bollard, a common structural type of fencing, is already in use around the world.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 3 Sep. 2020
  • For instance, on the bike path near me (the one with the switchback path), there are bollards at every entrance.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 14 June 2024
  • Included in the memo were photos of the bollards the vehicle struck.
    — Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 30 May 2023
  • The remaining 11 are flush with the floor, like bollards, gravestones or flesh-and-blood people.
    — David Pagel, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Crews are installing 270 panels a day, each one with eight bollards.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2019
  • The east end of the street is blocked by bollards screwed into receptacles.
    — Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Still, the ban was phased in Saturday as workers placed steel bollards, or movable posts, at the ends of each block.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2023
  • The new wall, with its deep foundation and closely built bollards, could act as a dam and worsen floods.
    — The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
  • After cutting through the base of a single bollard, smugglers can push the steel out of the way, allowing an adult to fit through the gap.
    — Nick Miroff, Twin Cities, 2 Nov. 2019
  • Trump's shift was primarily due to the preference of agents on the ground for the steel bollard design.
    — William Cummings, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2019
  • In February, blasting began on the hill to make way for the bollard fencing.
    — Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 27 Aug. 2020
  • Two are see-though, with bollard-type posts on the bottom section topped by a solid section.
    — Tribune News Service, NOLA.com, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Two are see-though — with bollard-type posts on the bottom section topped by a solid portion.
    — Greg Moran, latimes.com, 28 Oct. 2017
  • After cutting through the base of a single bollard, smugglers can push the steel out of the way, creating an adult-size gap.
    — Nick Miroff, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Nov. 2019
  • Workers are replacing a two-mile stretch of wire-mesh fencing east of Lukeville with 30-foot bollards.
    — Rafael Carranza, azcentral, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Right next to the part of the wall that had just been breached was a bollard with a label indicating that it had been repaired earlier in the day.
    — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Retractable bollards would have stopped last year’s rampage and still allowed traffic to flow freely for the remainder of the year.
    — William Wilkes, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Even a planned hedge will hide steel and cement bollards capable of stopping an eight-ton truck.
    — Charlie D'agata, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2017
  • After all, what is a sturdy tree trunk but nature’s bollard?
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2021
  • What set them off, apparently, was the collapse of a line of bollards whose clack-clack-clack against the floor sounded like gunshots.
    — Henry Grabar, Slate Magazine, 7 Sep. 2017
  • There are no bollards to prevent access by a car at that location.
    — Sharon Otterman, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Those are being replaced by rubber curbs and new bollards.
    — Andrew Kenney, The Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2019
  • There are now bollards in front of the shop to block any future ramming attempts and the store puts its guns away each night and is considering hiring a security guard, Geurts said.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2024
  • One video shared online shows a man confront the suspect on an escalator by wielding what appears to be a stanchion or bollard.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 13 Apr. 2024

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