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climbing the walls



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It beat climbing the walls in our actual home, in a place where no one will bat an eye if you have a full-on meltdown.

From Seattle Times Feb. 18, 2023

There are even ghosts dangling in mid air and gigantic fake spiders climbing the walls of the house.

From BBC Oct. 29, 2022

None of the other 39 athletes climbing the walls at Aomi Urban Sports Park have a story like the 24-year-old Condie's.

From Fox News Jul. 8, 2021

“I’m climbing the walls a little bit,” Culkin says.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2020

Flames were climbing the walls; the photo of Jimmy Dorsey was curling up.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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