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Recent Examples of Synonyms for palings
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The fire is moving so rapidly that authorities urged ranchers and residents to cut their fences so their animals might have a better chance of surviving.
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Law enforcement officials frequently draw virtual fences around areas of interest and require Google to identify every cellphone in the area using cell location history.
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Many hedges, bushes, and trees can block sight lines, so even the nosiest of neighbors will be forced to mind their own business.
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The metaphor of a ‘wall of separation’ At the same time, religious reformers were employing concepts of walls, hedges or other barriers to ensure that the secular and religious realms remained apart.
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The room, its walls expensively craquelure'd to resemble fractured eggshells, its pale taffeta curtains billowing in the chill English breeze, is more Hollywood boudoir than office.
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Clean Grease Prints Similar to oil stains on clothes, chalk can also remove grease prints from doors, cabinets, walls, and other surfaces.
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Families, educators and advocates described barriers to accessing proper support and services.
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The Selma-to-Montgomery marches galvanized passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which did away with most barriers such as poll taxes and other forms of voter discrimination targeting Black Americans in the Deep South.
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Security is ramping up Amidst the barricades already set up, additional officers, units and tactical personnel are expected around the venue.
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She was forced to wait until the next morning, when shooting stopped, to find a motorcycle taxi driver willing to navigate around barricades and checkpoints to reach the maternity hospital.
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“Palings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palings. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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