brick wall
noun
1
: a wall made of brick
2
: an immovable block or obstruction
the plan ran into a brick wall
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The mogul also posted a photo of one room inside her home transformed into the ‘Psalm Patrol’ with a white and bright green color scheme, fake slime on the floor and doorway and backpacks — just like the ones worn by the Ghostbusters team in the franchise — hanging up on a fake brick wall.
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Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 12 May 2024
At the Berlin premiere, the team broke through a brick wall with another double, Ben Jenkin, riding on the hood of a truck.
—Nicole Sperling, New York Times, 3 May 2024
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Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 12 May 2024
At the Berlin premiere, the team broke through a brick wall with another double, Ben Jenkin, riding on the hood of a truck.
—Nicole Sperling, New York Times, 3 May 2024
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“Brick wall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brick%20wall. Accessed 15 May. 2024.
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