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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Small table lamps, brick walls, old wooden floors and antique photos make the restaurant’s inside feel rooted in Sloughhouse’s history, but a lovely backyard patio deck makes for a peaceful place to slurp Hog Island Oyster Co. bivalves and watch a rural sunset.
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Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 27 June 2024
Further down the line is Brick, a film that follows a couple whose apartment building is suddenly surrounded by a mysterious brick wall, and Blame the Game, about a games night that goes becomes complicated.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 25 June 2024
It was built on steel beams and boasts thick, solid brick walls.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 6 June 2024
The administration’s visionary clean energy investments are running into a brick wall of permitting headaches and grid connection delays.
—Lindsay Lewis, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024
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Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 27 June 2024
Further down the line is Brick, a film that follows a couple whose apartment building is suddenly surrounded by a mysterious brick wall, and Blame the Game, about a games night that goes becomes complicated.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 25 June 2024
It was built on steel beams and boasts thick, solid brick walls.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 6 June 2024
The administration’s visionary clean energy investments are running into a brick wall of permitting headaches and grid connection delays.
—Lindsay Lewis, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024
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“Brick wall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brick%20wall. Accessed 3 Jul. 2024.
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