wall
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On the wall of a five-story building that collapsed after the earthquake, a rescuer marked a red "V" crossed by a horizontal line, indicating the end of the search for possible survivors.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
He taped the unfeeling fingers to the functioning ones so that he could grip a baseball, then, resembling “a little boy throwing against the steps of his back porch,” threw against a wall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
The ground floor features an open great room with a wood-paneled ceiling and a wall of bifold glass doors, which open to a landscaped conversation area.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
I’m standing in the produce aisle of my neighborhood supermarket, between the fresh vegetables receiving their bi-hourly overhead mist and a long refrigerated wall of salad kits.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Betsie and I were put to work leveling some rough ground just inside the camp wall.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
“The Mandalorian” on Disney+ was an early adopter of the technology, using Unreal Engine to power virtual interactive sets displayed on massive LED walls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
On the walls where gang members in El Salvador once marked their turf, urban artists are now creating large murals in a traveling festival that fills the streets of the Central American country with color.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
As she looks at the renovated building today, she recognizes that its walls don’t contain the “emotional residue” of the past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
A large crowd gathered to watch the bonfire, while police observed from the city walls overlooking the Bogside.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Light streamed down from the enormous half-circle windows that spanned the upper walls.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Saving in a tax-advantaged 529 means the contributed funds grow tax-free and are walled away from other regular family savings.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
But because USB-C is popular well beyond Apple’s walled garden, it is easier to pick up cheap, poor-quality replacement cables.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
"A walled garden is only a refuge if the people inside chose the wall, can see over it, and may leave when they wish."
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
The dig revealed a walled complex that had remained largely undisturbed since Roman times.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 5, 2026
All five women moved to a secret location 40 miles northeast of Moscow, a walled compound filled with people working on the Soviet space program—scientists, engineers, and cosmonauts.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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
I want to tell her that the only thing you get from walling yourself in is empty.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
