walled
Example Sentences
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But as the river was walled in against flooding, more people built even closer to it, and floodwater had no place to go to recharge the water table — nowhere but down and out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Instinct’s service exists outside of Apple’s walled garden.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Saving in a tax-advantaged 529 means the contributed funds grow tax-free and are walled away from other regular family savings.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
But because USB-C is popular well beyond Apple’s walled garden, it is easier to pick up cheap, poor-quality replacement cables.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
At lunch she hiked miles within the walled city, around curls and corners of tiny alleyways, up secretive staircases, along crowded thoroughfares smelling of oranges and rose water and damp, mopped stone.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
