brick wall

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Recent Examples of brick wall 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 Paw prints are visible on a brick wall in Montreal. 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 See All Example Sentences for brick wall
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brick wall
Noun
  • Menninger said the stone wall goes around the facade and the empty lot.
    Jason Dill September 5, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The entryway features a front porch and red-hued door flanked by a stone wall.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Mitigating these risks requires careful planning and compliance, which creates barriers for many.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The order also directs CDPHE to collaborate with other state agencies and offices to identify and remove barriers to vaccination, ensure state health insurance plans and Medicaid cover COVID-19 vaccines and review and revise rules to ensure pharmacies can provide COVID-19 vaccines.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • There’s a significant stumbling block to that reunion.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
  • 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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“Brick wall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brick%20wall. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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