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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brick walls
Noun
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Reducing meetings to once a month and limiting public comment create barriers.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026 -
Last year’s blitz of bills, capping off years of gradual legislative efforts to remove regulatory barriers to building dense housing across California, has, in Wicks’ view, teed up this next big swing.—
Ben Christopher,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
Noun
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However, one of the stumbling blocks on this pathway is borate, which is a family of common compounds found in seawater.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
5 Jan. 2026
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Cannon’s second and third languages become stumbling blocks for the reader, and visual shortcuts for emotional distance.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
17 Dec. 2025
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“Brick walls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brick%20walls. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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