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Checkpoint

/tʃˈɛˌkpɔɪnt/
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(noun) A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection.

There's a checkpoint at the border where they look in your trunk.
The coalition force fired at her car at the checkpoint in Baghdad.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Vehicles must stop at the ____ to have their papers checked today.

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