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Recent Examples of stone wall
The journey unfolds through fairways framed by stone walls, with an ancient tower standing sentinel behind the 3rd green, before building toward the 8th—another cape
hole bending back along the coast in the opposite direction of the 2nd.
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Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Frost is, by reputation, perhaps the foremost poet of rural, non-coastal New England — of birches and apple trees, of forests blanketed in snow, of pastures sliced by ragged stone walls, and of the flinty, self-sufficient kind of temperament that flourishes in those places.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
How to Incorporate a Garden Fountain Interior designer Peter Dunham arranged low-slung furniture around a basin-style fountain installed by landscape designer Scott Lewis at a Napa, CA, home, where a neat gravel square, a stone wall, and a tree canopy help define the space as an outdoor room.
—Laura Fenton, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Aug. 2025
Rising behind a stately stone wall on one of Greater Boston’s most celebrated streets, 56 Central Street is a masterclass in timeless elegance.
—Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
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Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Frost is, by reputation, perhaps the foremost poet of rural, non-coastal New England — of birches and apple trees, of forests blanketed in snow, of pastures sliced by ragged stone walls, and of the flinty, self-sufficient kind of temperament that flourishes in those places.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
How to Incorporate a Garden Fountain Interior designer Peter Dunham arranged low-slung furniture around a basin-style fountain installed by landscape designer Scott Lewis at a Napa, CA, home, where a neat gravel square, a stone wall, and a tree canopy help define the space as an outdoor room.
—Laura Fenton, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Aug. 2025
Rising behind a stately stone wall on one of Greater Boston’s most celebrated streets, 56 Central Street is a masterclass in timeless elegance.
—Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stone wall
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That’s the brick wall that Kelley is up against.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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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
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The Affordable Care Act in 2010 expanded access to the reviews, but barriers regularly get in the way of the process serving as a true check on insurers.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Modi was responding to a post by Trump on Truth Social, which said that New Delhi and Washington were continuing negotiations to address the trade barriers between both nations.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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Taxes at that level were essentially a blockade on commerce between the world's two largest economies, causing worries about global growth that led to negotiations that ratcheted down the tariffs being levied by both nations.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Sep. 2025
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About 50 hooded people tried to start a blockade in Bordeaux, while in Toulouse, in the southwest, a fire was quickly extinguished but still disrupted train traffic, Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau told reporters early on Wednesday.—
Stephane Mahe,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Ahead of the physical re-releases of two of her popular books this month, The Takeover and The Stopover, the Australian author spoke with Flow Space about the years-long search for an answer to her creative blockage and how menopause impacted her creativity and motivation.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
11 Sep. 2025
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Cardiologists’ methods for treating heart attacks and opening blockages in the coronary arteries in a timely fashion have improved drastically over the past 10-20 years, experts say.—
Dr. Jennifer Miao,
ABC News,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Stone wall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stone%20wall. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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