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There’s no central air-conditioning, so the brick walls trap heat and sweat.
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Alden Woods, The Arizona Republic, 23 July 2024
Behind the house, and enclosed by a high brick wall, was an overgrown and long-neglected garden.
—Naomi Huffman, The Atlantic, 10 July 2024
At the seven-minute mark, the Rangers had several chances to tie the game, but Bobrovsky remained a brick wall in the net.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 23 May 2024
Newman said the fire destroyed not only the brick walls of the church, but also Sunday school classrooms, a library that contained books and files, a nursery, auditorium, steeple and vestibule.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2024
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Alden Woods, The Arizona Republic, 23 July 2024
Behind the house, and enclosed by a high brick wall, was an overgrown and long-neglected garden.
—Naomi Huffman, The Atlantic, 10 July 2024
At the seven-minute mark, the Rangers had several chances to tie the game, but Bobrovsky remained a brick wall in the net.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 23 May 2024
Newman said the fire destroyed not only the brick walls of the church, but also Sunday school classrooms, a library that contained books and files, a nursery, auditorium, steeple and vestibule.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2024
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