wall
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The home had a host of interesting features, including a climbing wall in the garage for their children, Maiya and Maxwell.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
The driver lost control at the Francisquito Avenue off-ramp and slammed into a wall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
In an 8-1 ruling, the court temporarily lifted a district judge’s injunction that had blocked the wall in the Big Bend region of Texas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
This phenomenon, known as quantum tunneling, is somewhat like an object passing through a solid wall without breaking or damaging it.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
The lepers were fed through a small hole in the wall.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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Emergency crews were called to the building Wednesday afternoon after one of the walls broke off and fell onto the adjacent construction site.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
The Facebook video of the break room showed school drawings, homemade cards and letters covering the door, walls and a table.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026
African countries are pushing for the COP31 agenda to include discussions on the tripling of adaptation finance, which aims to help poorer nations pay for measures such as building sea walls or planting drought-resistant crops.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
Nestled in a light-flooded corner of the home with retractable glass walls that let in fresh air, the primary suite is truly astonishing.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
Here, every vista ended in the same concrete barrier; the camp was set down in a vast man-made valley rising on every side to those towering wire-topped walls.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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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
"With regard to the walled garden, there is a long-term commitment from the client to clear, repair and invest in this space over the coming years," said a heritage impact statement supporting the application.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Tokenized deposits typically are issued on private blockchains or walled gardens where one bank’s network isn’t necessarily connected to that of another bank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
There were small acts of resistance, as when the best wines in the cellar were secretly walled off from the Germans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
To the Frenchmen, “accustomed to the fortress-like houses of detention and the old-fashioned walled prisons of France, it was an extraordinary sight.”
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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With reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander pacing the offensive attack and an airtight defense walling off the rim on the other end, the Thunder have put up a mind-blowing +16.0 net rating, entering Wednesday’s game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
America has prospered for centuries not by walling itself off but by attracting people who bring energy, ideas, and investment.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2025
On Sunday, day three of the protests, National Guard troops arrived to LA and were seen walling off protesters outside of a federal building that contains a detention centre.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2025
Work crews followed them in, razing trees and greenery and walling off the space by double-stacking heavy metal cargo containers around the entire park perimeter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
Crawling in backwards, she piled the scooped-out chunks in the entrance hole, walling herself up in the freezing darkness.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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