brick wall
noun
1
: a wall made of brick
2
: an immovable block or obstruction
the plan ran into a brick wall
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In the tape, filmed by our babysitter, June sits in a chair against a brick wall, reciting her lines and picking at her knee, pensively.
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Lauren Hilgers, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
The Commanders fan drops then to the ground as the other attempts to lunge at the man in the Ravens jersey, who then grabs the man in the Commanders jersey and pushes him into a brick wall before throwing him to the ground.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
The company was iterating regularly but then seemingly hit a brick wall with its AR glasses.
—Anshel Sag, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
People laugh at the Wet Bandits slipping on ice, the Wet Bandits being branded by a smoldering doorknob, the Wet Bandits having their hair burned off, getting hit in the face with paint cans, stepping on a nail, swinging from a rope into a brick wall.
—Erin Somers, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
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Lauren Hilgers, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
The Commanders fan drops then to the ground as the other attempts to lunge at the man in the Ravens jersey, who then grabs the man in the Commanders jersey and pushes him into a brick wall before throwing him to the ground.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
The company was iterating regularly but then seemingly hit a brick wall with its AR glasses.
—Anshel Sag, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
People laugh at the Wet Bandits slipping on ice, the Wet Bandits being branded by a smoldering doorknob, the Wet Bandits having their hair burned off, getting hit in the face with paint cans, stepping on a nail, swinging from a rope into a brick wall.
—Erin Somers, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Brick wall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brick%20wall. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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