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  • noun Plural form of cordon.

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Examples

  • If you are determined to cram a lot of trees in close together to get a wider range of varieties, there are things you can do-in particular, choose very dwarfing root stocks, varieties which don't grow very large, and go for restricted summer-pruned forms such as cordons or dwarf pyramids.

    WN.com - Articles related to Kill weeds with help from the sun 2010

  • The spokesman said: The Acpo manual on public order includes a full range of tactical options including water cannons and others more common to UK public order events, such as cordons and mounted police.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • If you are determined to cram a lot of trees in close together to get a wider range of varieties, there are things you can do-in particular, choose very dwarfing root stocks, varieties which don't grow very large, and go for restricted summer-pruned forms such as cordons or dwarf pyramids.

    WN.com - Articles related to Kill weeds with help from the sun 2010

  • Has there been a reduction in the number of axles going across the automatic counters along the "cordons" (basically the major bridges, tunnel, Boundary Road and North Road)?

    Stephen Rees's blog 2009

  • Has there been a reduction in the number of axles going across the automatic counters along the "cordons" (basically the major bridges, tunnel, Boundary Road and North Road)?

    BC Bloggers 2009

  • "counter-revolutionary operations" such as cordons, roadblocks and searches, in conjunction with the State of Emergency regulations, were not sufficient to curb the activities of the liberation movement.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

  • This event in which some drunks tried to break through security cordons and were shot by police can be seen in a national context.

    Safety in Michoac�n, Part Two 2009

  • A number of police officers were also sent to Camden in north London, setting up a series of cordons following reports of trouble.

    London riots: conflagration and carnage in the capital and beyond 2011

  • An Associated Press cameraman saw army units shooting anti-aircraft weapons, fitted on top of armored personnel carriers, above the protesters, in apparent warning shots and attempts to drive them back from security cordons about 200 yards 200 meters from the square.

    Bahrain forces fire on protesters; 50 injured 2011

  • This event in which some drunks tried to break through security cordons and were shot by police can be seen in a national context.

    Safety in Michoac�n, Part Two 2009

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