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gate

noun as in movable barrier at entrance

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As the bell rings at St Nicholas Church of England Primary Academy in Boston, Lincolnshire, head teacher Mrs Booth spots a little boy coming through the gates with his hood pulled up, crying.

From BBC

Colombians arriving at the gates were handed letters which told them the cancellation was "due to the Colombian government's refusal to accept repatriation flights of Colombian nationals", the Associated Press reported.

From BBC

We waited for hours in the humid streets of Hanoi outside the gates of the French colonial Metropole Hotel, where we were initially told the pair were having lunch.

From BBC

Exactly one year later the Red Army entered the gates of the Auschwitz death camp.

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"I was already very close to the gate; I could see the sparks, fire coming out of the chimneys and I could even feel the smell of burned flesh."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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