stone wall

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Recent Examples of stone wall 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 His thought experiments lead sometimes to stone walls and sometimes to flashes of insight or hilarity, always with an un-erasable Jewish inflection. Jon Raymond august 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025 Senay built the home a covered bridge and stone walls to feature the waterfall. Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 30 July 2025 At the base of the external stairs, a lush garden courtyard is framed by an 18-foot native stone wall, serving as a backdrop to the bridge up above. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 1 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for stone wall
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Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • According to Reuters, various regional authorities say the mobile internet blockades are intended to disrupt Ukrainian drone strikes.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Beijing's forces have responded to Philippine challenges with blockades, ramming maneuvers, and water cannon, raising fears that a miscalculation could draw the United States into a conflict with its military rival.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The wet wipe issue extends far beyond the Thames, however, with water companies across the U.K. collectively spend £100 million ($135 million) annually clearing 300,000 sewer blockages, with 93% caused by flushed wipes, according to an October 2021 research report from United Utilities.
    Dakota Bennett, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Several neighbors cited street blockages, debris, and relentless noise as ongoing issues.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025

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“Stone wall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stone%20wall. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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