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Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
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This week's word in the news: BARRICADE
DEFINITION:
Any object or structure that creates a barrier or obstacle to control, block passage or force the flow of traffic in the desired direction.
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Demonstrators supporting and opposing Israel over the war in Gaza clashed in a large and noisy but mostly peaceful assembly at UCLA on Sunday, shouting slogans and pulling at police barricades not far from where pro-Palestinian students have maintained a tent encampment for days.
►The Los Angeles Times -- 04/29/2024
