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Fifteen people were hurt Saturday when a METRO bus collided with a sedan and flipped off a Houston bridge, landing on a highway retaining wall, officials said.
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Doug Myers, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
Another favorite touch was the lightwell in the bathroom, with a window next to the bathtub that revealed the stone retaining wall.
—Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2025
The video, only a few seconds long, shows what appears to be a man in dark, loose pants, a dark jacket and possibly also a knit cap walking down Hope Street and rounding a corner lined by a retaining wall.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 14 Dec. 2025
The work would demolish an approximately 2,240-square-foot one-story house and build a two-story, 4,009-square-foot house over a basement, with a retaining wall about 15 feet high at 1067 Muirlands Vista Way.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2025
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Doug Myers, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
Another favorite touch was the lightwell in the bathroom, with a window next to the bathtub that revealed the stone retaining wall.
—Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2025
The video, only a few seconds long, shows what appears to be a man in dark, loose pants, a dark jacket and possibly also a knit cap walking down Hope Street and rounding a corner lined by a retaining wall.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 14 Dec. 2025
The work would demolish an approximately 2,240-square-foot one-story house and build a two-story, 4,009-square-foot house over a basement, with a retaining wall about 15 feet high at 1067 Muirlands Vista Way.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2025
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“Retaining wall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retaining%20wall. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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