brick wall
noun
1
: a wall made of brick
2
: an immovable block or obstruction
the plan ran into a brick wall
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While patrons waited in line, employees behind a rectangular hole in the brick wall piled baguettes high with pastrami, salami, garlic aioli and other fixings.
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Jenna Thompson
april 24, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2026
On the night their cup opponent sacked their second head coach in four months, four days before kick-off, with their campaign in tatters, United’s 20-man squad smashed through another brick wall.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Jesper Wallstedt has been a brick wall between the pipes and seems to be getting better and better.
—Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026
In addition, prosecutors say swastikas, antisemitic slogans and vulgarity were spray-painted on pillars underneath M-53 and Canal, a brick wall near a business and an electrical box at a second business.
—Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
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Jenna Thompson
april 24, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2026
On the night their cup opponent sacked their second head coach in four months, four days before kick-off, with their campaign in tatters, United’s 20-man squad smashed through another brick wall.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Jesper Wallstedt has been a brick wall between the pipes and seems to be getting better and better.
—Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026
In addition, prosecutors say swastikas, antisemitic slogans and vulgarity were spray-painted on pillars underneath M-53 and Canal, a brick wall near a business and an electrical box at a second business.
—Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Brick wall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brick%20wall. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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