wall off
Example Sentences
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In many places, utilities are requiring data-center developers to make large upfront payments to support the upgrades, or they are trying to wall off new investments to avoid charging other customers for the infrastructure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
It may want to wall off the Treasury market—and thereby mortgage rates—from potential risks in Japan.
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
Shohei Ohtani added a second run in the eighth, belting a long homer into the batter’s eye beyond the center-field wall off reliever Ryan Zeferjahn.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2025
“He has experience trying to wall off his personal life from his public life, but it’s his only living son. It’s got to be very taxing.”
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2024
"Oh, look," cried Ivra excitedly, almost tumbling over the edge in her endeavor to see better, "isn't that the gray wall off there?"
From The Little House in the Fairy Wood by Eliot, Ethel Cook
