retaining wall

Example Sentences

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Body-worn camera footage released by the department showed Wolak, Zhou and a CHP officer standing on a retaining wall next to a fence that separated a neighbor’s home from Lauren’s property.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

The bridge at Kilrea closed in September after cracking was found in a retaining wall and reopened to cars and other light vehicles on 6 December after temporary repairs.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

They ran, some barefoot in the mud, up a steep hill beyond the property’s retaining wall.

From Salon • Jul. 17, 2025

Sitting on a nearby retaining wall, Cranford said he would have accepted a motel room had someone offered one.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2025

My fingers bled from scraping out the rocks and it seemed that a square yard of ground produced a wheelbarrow full of rocks which I had to push down to the retaining wall.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya