wall
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The one picture hanging on the wall is another of Cowin’s images from the same series.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
There was also a weapons wall, “Game of Thrones”-style wood accents and a prominently placed map of Middle-earth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
U.S. policymakers built the wall between debt management and price management for a reason.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
A post-mortem examination later revealed Hayley had suffered a silent, concealed placental abruption, meaning her placenta had separated from the wall of the womb.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
A washtub webbed to the wall stood on a rickety table.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
On his walls, portraits of Kuwait's emir and crown prince hang alongside a plaque reading: "There is no place like the homeland, and no homeland like Kuwait."
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
The dogs’ sleeping quarters are modeled after the park’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride, with its fort-like corridors made of sun-dried brick, the walls strewn with overgrown jungle vines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
We are presented, for instance, with some of the many graffiti that were etched into the walls of backrooms and stairwells where enslaved people made their lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
In Western Ukraine, behind high walls and layers of locked gates, there is a camp full of men captured fighting for Russia.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
It wasn’t the trees, towering so high we could see the tops of them over the walls.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
The walled enclosure, full of scented walks, evoked the feeling of a spiritual sanctuary—a quality it shared with the Iranian gardens she visited and wrote about in 2003’s “Gardens of Persia.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
The dig revealed a walled complex that had remained largely undisturbed since Roman times.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 5, 2026
The work will see a staircase tower rebuilt, a large fireplace in the kitchen strengthened, and repairs carried out in the walled garden.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
Beyond security concerns, authoritarian leaders often house senior officials on military bases or within walled compounds as a way of minimizing the possibility of a coup.
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2026
China consisted then of kingdoms with rich elites and poorer commoners, living in walled towns, and on the verge of political unification to become the world’s largest empire.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Earlier this year, the militia tightened its hold on El Fasher by walling it off with a sand berm, according to satellite photos published in August by the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
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
Known as 'the handrail of the Mournes' as it helps guide hikers, it is made of natural granite stone using only traditional dry stone walling techniques.
From BBC ● May 4, 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
The Poor Fellows went before them, forcing men aside with their shields, walling off a narrow path.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
