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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But with Zayn firmly entrenched as one of WWE’s most beloved babyfaces, Kross ran into a brick wall in at WWE Night of Champions in Riyadh despite dominating most of the match.
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Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Back in the game, the blue players enter a room with a starry ceiling and brick walls covered in childish handwriting and drawings.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 27 June 2025
Adames would’ve run through a stop sign, a brick wall, an alien forcefield and a burning building to account for Devers’ first RBI in a Giants uniform.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Three little raggedy boys sit in a row pressed against each other on a mound of rubble in front of a worn plastered brick wall in 1915 in Esztergom, Hungary, Kertész’s homeland.
—Donna Seaman
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
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Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Back in the game, the blue players enter a room with a starry ceiling and brick walls covered in childish handwriting and drawings.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 27 June 2025
Adames would’ve run through a stop sign, a brick wall, an alien forcefield and a burning building to account for Devers’ first RBI in a Giants uniform.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Three little raggedy boys sit in a row pressed against each other on a mound of rubble in front of a worn plastered brick wall in 1915 in Esztergom, Hungary, Kertész’s homeland.
—Donna Seaman
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for brick wall
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“Brick wall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brick%20wall. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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