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climbing the walls



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"It was climbing the walls and onto the ceiling. People were screaming," Dr Harshita Umesh, who was giving a talk next to the place where they fire broke out, told BBC News.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025

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 Seattle Times • Jul. 8, 2021

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

He may as well be climbing the walls.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers




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