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Recent Examples of brick wall
That’s the brick wall that Kelley is up against.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
Beck served up the home run to Basallo and allowed Jackson Holliday to triple off the brick wall in right field that led to two more runs.
—Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
The dining room, too, hasn’t been much modified, retaining the old brick wall, the open kitchen and long bar, but now the seating is more open, lighting is better and the sound level remarkable in a downtown restaurant where a din is so often considered a boon.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Those two plays came on the heels of a catch in the left-center-field gap taking him into the brick wall in Monday’s loss, featuring a 30% catch probability, to end the first inning and save a run.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
Beck served up the home run to Basallo and allowed Jackson Holliday to triple off the brick wall in right field that led to two more runs.
—Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
The dining room, too, hasn’t been much modified, retaining the old brick wall, the open kitchen and long bar, but now the seating is more open, lighting is better and the sound level remarkable in a downtown restaurant where a din is so often considered a boon.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Those two plays came on the heels of a catch in the left-center-field gap taking him into the brick wall in Monday’s loss, featuring a 30% catch probability, to end the first inning and save a run.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brick wall
Noun
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Our guide stopped to point out an accessible glowworm on the stone wall, and everyone leaned in for a closer look.—
Ann Patchett,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Throughout are artful and ethereal light fixtures, and, in the office, a backlit stone wall glows behind floor-to-ceiling display shelves.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Breaking the 65 mm barrier The new design borrowed ideas from an older and unusual frame known as the bone drone.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Oct. 2025
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The man reportedly circumvented barriers that surround the altar, climbed the steps and urinated on the holy structure.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The taxes were so high as to effectively be a blockade on trade between the countries.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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In her view, criticism of Israel’s retaliatory bombardment and blockade, which have resulted in more than sixty-seven thousand recorded deaths, is Nazism by another name.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
8 Oct. 2025
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Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott had an equally impressive day, completing 25 of 34 passes for 261 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions, but Dallas’ defense proved to be its stumbling block again.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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That’s the biggest stumbling block to processing what’s really happening right now.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Brick wall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brick%20wall. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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