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On the white brick wall behind the bar hung what looked like a triptych of a swan on a pink settee.
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2024
If your employees are tired of spinning in circles, take a look at decision-making:
There’s nothing like sprinting in one direction and then running straight into a decision-making brick wall.
—Shani Harmon, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
In 1874, the U.S. Army Quartermaster General's Office replaced the simple wooden fence surrounding the cemetery with a 7-foot-tall brick wall.
—arkansasonline.com, 14 Sep. 2024
The couple kept many of the school's original details, including this brick wall.
—Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2024
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2024
If your employees are tired of spinning in circles, take a look at decision-making:
There’s nothing like sprinting in one direction and then running straight into a decision-making brick wall.
—Shani Harmon, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
In 1874, the U.S. Army Quartermaster General's Office replaced the simple wooden fence surrounding the cemetery with a 7-foot-tall brick wall.
—arkansasonline.com, 14 Sep. 2024
The couple kept many of the school's original details, including this brick wall.
—Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2024
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Surrounding the abbey is a steep hillside village and a stone wall with turrets.Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 1 Nov. 2024
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Crumbling stone walls in the basement are being replaced with the same kind of Aquia sandstone used in the original.Michael E. Ruane The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 20 Oct. 2024
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Yet participants also expressed that those classic barriers – regulation and lack of capital – were only part of the picture of Europe’s declining competitiveness.Peter Vanham, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
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Its lotion-to-powder formula absorbs moisture and creates an anti-friction barrier, perfect for sensitive areas.Hyphensocial Contributors, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
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Tariffs, boycotts, blockades, short-selling Taiwanese stocks, freezes on cross-strait bank transfers, cutting fiberoptic cables, and disrupting energy supplies also stand at Beijing’s disposal.Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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Somehow, something broke through the blockade, and the Medfly made its appearance hundreds of miles to the south.Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
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That means clearly communicating what’s happening with this ongoing Fitbit integration, which, to my eye, is the most obvious potential stumbling block outside of its fragile screens.Quentyn Kennemer, The Verge, 5 Oct. 2024
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In Pace’s view, however, none of those factors is the main stumbling block on the lunar trajectory.Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Brick wall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brick%20wall. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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