brick-wall
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Famed for being rugby’s greatest ad-libbers, Fiji put the razzle-dazzle away and won in a very un-Fijian traditional way: Breakdown domination, brick-wall defense, and relentless commitment for 80 minutes.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 17, 2023
Venus brought to tennis her 129-m.p.h. serve and a brick-wall volley game.
From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2019
Last Sunday night, a small crowd gathered at Vermillion, a homey, brick-wall gallery and bar on Capitol Hill, ordered drinks and waited for the lecture to begin.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2019
I basically hit a very garden-variety brick-wall mid-life crisis.
From Salon ● May 2, 2019
YOU don't need any brick-wall hints to hit you.
From Bucky O'Connor by William MacLeod Raine
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