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Recent Examples of brick wall
Paw prints are visible on a brick wall in Montreal.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Bright hues are cleverly incorporated throughout the living quarters, with a graffiti-like painting covering a brick wall in the otherwise completely white bathroom.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2025
The other side of the lawn, with a brick wall, was a different story.
—Tyler Hayes, PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2025
Take a step forward and smack headfirst into a brick wall, which is how this transfer window has often seemed.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2025
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Bright hues are cleverly incorporated throughout the living quarters, with a graffiti-like painting covering a brick wall in the otherwise completely white bathroom.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2025
The other side of the lawn, with a brick wall, was a different story.
—Tyler Hayes, PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2025
Take a step forward and smack headfirst into a brick wall, which is how this transfer window has often seemed.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for brick wall
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brick wall
Noun
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Menninger said the stone wall goes around the facade and the empty lot.—
Jason Dill
September 5,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Stepping through the ancient stone wall of the Old Town transported me into a storybook.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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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
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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
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But what seems like a minor infraction many years ago could be a stumbling block.—
Sam Charles,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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Affordability, or the lack thereof, has long been a major stumbling block for electric vehicle adoption.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Brick wall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brick%20wall. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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