off the wall
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Jack Champlin gave Garcia an insurance run in the sixth with a booming RBI triple off the wall in left field, only the Braves’ second hit of the game.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
He imagines—and 4- to 7-year-olds see him do it—plucking a length of sunshine off the wall and using what appear to be jellied cubes of colored light to make the beams of his own lighthouse.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
"We chose a terrifying looking skull and crossbones off the wall because we were marines and skulls and crossbones are pretty standard military thing," he said.
From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025
“We chose a terrifying looking skull and crossbones off the wall because we were marines and skulls and crossbones are pretty standard military thing,” he said.
From Salon • Oct. 21, 2025
“They want to eat us,” May said, pushing herself off the wall she’d been leaning on.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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