ceiling

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She has this fantastic wallpaper that she did up the walls, across the ceiling, and turned into drapes.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

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

But at higher speeds, engineers began to encounter a different kind of ceiling: human comfort.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

A birchwood fire was burning fiercely, and already his sodden clothes, hanging from tree roots jutting through the ceiling, were beginning to steam.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver