wall off
Example Sentences
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The fundamental problem of playing against Wembanyama is how easily he can wall off shooting opportunities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 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
It was all he could do to open it, but once in the companionway outside, he found that he could crawl along one wall, off the floor, in an inching progress.
From The Hell Ship by Palmer, Raymond Alfred
