ceiling

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When cameras took over a young Tony's home, his bedroom walls were covered from floor to ceiling with football posters, banners, flags and magazines.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

“Bitcoin has broken the ceiling of the falling trend in the short term,” according to technical analysis from market research group Investtech.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

“This wage-surveillance ceiling — it’s iron. It’s concrete. It’s something that’s impermeable.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

In early December, Chad Vander Veen ran a marathon beneath a ceiling of unbroken fog.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

“Ida B,” he told the ceiling while he shook his head.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan