wall
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There’s a massive plant wall flanking one side of the Main Hall, with about 1,200 pots of living greens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Holy relics employed in the proceedings line one wall, another features a one-way mirror that allows family members and novice exorcists to observe.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
Intriguingly, a large figure stands on the mountain just behind this wall: It is the Sapa Inca—or ruler—identifiable by the sun on his tunic, the scepter in his hand, and his elaborate headdress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Kreitzman's Mile End house is filled from top to bottom with pictures and sculptures, on every colourful wall, on every table, in every room and corridor.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
There’s a section on the north wall dedicated to the antislavery movement.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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Leida Bello, meanwhile, hauls her supplies home alone, where some walls are cracked and one has even collapsed.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
“Everything’s destroyed,” he said, “from the walls to the door.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
In the next 50 seconds or so, Nicolson barreled through precarious gaps in the blurry landscaping, through a tunnel of hay bales and rock walls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Biofilms are groups of bacteria that attach themselves to surfaces, including the inner walls of water pipes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
He steadied himself on the walls on either side, huffing and puffing and quite worried he was going to blow the house down, when, at last, the stairs flattened into a wide room.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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The source of funding should be clear, obvious and walled off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
The dig revealed a walled complex that had remained largely undisturbed since Roman times.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 5, 2026
Female CJ7 was captured on a webcam landing first in the walled garden near Wareham, Dorset, on Wednesday at about 18:30 GMT - male 022 arrived on Thursday at 06:40.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
Beyond security concerns, authoritarian leaders often house senior officials on military bases or within walled compounds as a way of minimizing the possibility of a coup.
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2026
She had hidden her face behind her hair, and her eyes had been walled by pain.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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A. Prenups are no longer just for the ultrawealthy walling off family money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
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
Known as 'the handrail of the Mournes' as it helps guide hikers, it is made of natural granite stone using only traditional dry stone walling techniques.
From BBC ● May 4, 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
I want to tell her that the only thing you get from walling yourself in is empty.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
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