retaining wall
Example Sentences
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The specimen was first uncovered by a retired chicken farmer, who had sourced rocks from a nearby quarry to build a garden retaining wall.
From Science Daily • May 6, 2026
A fossil dating back 240 million years has finally been formally identified after spending decades hidden inside a retaining wall.
From Science Daily • May 6, 2026
Body-worn camera footage released by the department showed Wolak, Zhou and a CHP officer standing on a retaining wall next to a fence that separated a neighbor’s home from Lauren’s property.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
They ran, some barefoot in the mud, up a steep hill beyond the property’s retaining wall.
From Salon • Jul. 17, 2025
My fingers bled from scraping out the rocks and it seemed that a square yard of ground produced a wheelbarrow full of rocks which I had to push down to the retaining wall.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
