The police set up roadblocks on routes out of the city.

警察在城外的路上设置了路障。

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The city police set up roadblocks to check passing vehicles.

该市警察设置了路障检查过往车辆。

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In different parts of the small country vigilante groups have set up roadblocks and taken up makeshift arms, often on a sectarian basis.

在这个蕞尔小国的不同地方，义勇保安队已建立路障并手持临时武器，经常以派系为基础。

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Some of La Plata's residents set up roadblocks to protect their neighbourhoods from looters.

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The army and marine units have been despatched to the area and have set up roadblocks.

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On Wednesday night, some of La Plata's residents set up roadblocks to "protect their neighbourhoods from looters".

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