wall in
verb
walled in; walling in; walls in
: to surround (something) with a wall or with something that is like a wall
The school grounds are walled in.
They walled the garden in with rows of thick shrubs.
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His final at-bat was a 399-foot flyout to the center-field wall in the eighth.
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Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
With two outs and a runner on, Sasaki yanked a splitter to the inside edge of the strike zone to Gunnar Henderson, who lifted it over the wall in right field.
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Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
The footage shows men and women with bags over their heads, chained to the wall in the underground tunnels, looking not that dissimilar from detainees at Abu Ghraib.
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Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
17 June 2026
In the fifth inning, belted a second triple off the outfield wall in right.
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Kansas City Star,
17 June 2026
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Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
With two outs and a runner on, Sasaki yanked a splitter to the inside edge of the strike zone to Gunnar Henderson, who lifted it over the wall in right field.
—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
The footage shows men and women with bags over their heads, chained to the wall in the underground tunnels, looking not that dissimilar from detainees at Abu Ghraib.
—
Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
17 June 2026
In the fifth inning, belted a second triple off the outfield wall in right.
—
Kansas City Star,
17 June 2026
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“Wall in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wall%20in. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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