wall
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Far from a traditional agricultural structure, the barn has been transformed into an entertainment and creative hub, complete with a grand bar, video wall, fireplaces, a game room, gym, and catering kitchen.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
We also have the whole basement and crawl spaces covered in mold-protecting wall covering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
But as this year's first vote got under way, the writing was on the castle wall.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
He gave up a double off the wall to Ozzie Albies to open the inning but retired the next three batters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Just inside the wall was a row of waist-high water spigots.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Other videos on TikTok and Instagram showed broken toilets, holes in walls and mouldy ceilings across the country.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
As part of his preparations for the series, Bartlett went on a photo-taking expedition through Seattle and Tacoma, collecting imagery of Pacific Northwest grunge to share with his artists: crumbling walls, fire escapes, water towers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Other volunteer firefighters arrived to help with the brutal work of “pulling ceilings” and opening walls to extinguish hot spots and ensure the fire would not rekindle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
We slide into a pleather booth beneath burnt-orange walls and televisions playing Spanish-language fútbol.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
One evening I got back to the barracks late from a wood-–gathering foray outside the walls.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
But as the river was walled in against flooding, more people built even closer to it, and floodwater had no place to go to recharge the water table — nowhere but down and out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The agents were being tested on systems that were supposed to be walled off from the internet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
"With regard to the walled garden, there is a long-term commitment from the client to clear, repair and invest in this space over the coming years," said a heritage impact statement supporting the application.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Polymarket, which operates an offshore service that is supposed to be walled off to Americans, also offers contracts on military events.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The driver stopped in front of her parents’ walled compound in Ikoyi.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Instead of walling these test systems off from the internet, Anthropic and its testing partner, another startup called Irregular, had accidentally made it available.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Also on Heritage Crafts' red list is dry stone walling - an ancient method of building structures from interlocking stones without using any mortar.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
America has prospered for centuries not by walling itself off but by attracting people who bring energy, ideas, and investment.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2025
Work crews followed them in, razing trees and greenery and walling off the space by double-stacking heavy metal cargo containers around the entire park perimeter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
Crawling in backwards, she piled the scooped-out chunks in the entrance hole, walling herself up in the freezing darkness.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
