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Recent Examples of brick wall
But that is becoming its strength: the G-20 has a comparative advantage in conferring legitimacy to collective action in an era when many global South states feel that the G-7 is no longer fit for purpose and efforts to reform the UN Security Council’s membership have hit a brick wall.
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Leslie Vinjamuri, Foreign Affairs, 15 Nov. 2024
Patrisse Robinson hit a few brick walls researching her family’s lineage.
—La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 15 Nov. 2024
The Rams have issues with their blockers, and the Vikings must take advantage of that weakness or the story of the team’s great start could hit a brick wall.
—Steve Silverman, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
If Große Mauer resembles a brick wall that can never be utilized as one, that was the point.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2024
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Leslie Vinjamuri, Foreign Affairs, 15 Nov. 2024
Patrisse Robinson hit a few brick walls researching her family’s lineage.
—La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 15 Nov. 2024
The Rams have issues with their blockers, and the Vikings must take advantage of that weakness or the story of the team’s great start could hit a brick wall.
—Steve Silverman, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
If Große Mauer resembles a brick wall that can never be utilized as one, that was the point.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brick wall
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The home is set on a two-acre lot surrounded by a seven-foot-high creamy coral stone wall punctuated by a sculptural steel gate that opens to a 200-foot-long cobblestone driveway flanked by swaying palms and pristine lawns.Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 9 Dec. 2024
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With its gray stone walls and verdant surroundings reminiscent of an ancient thermae, the spa has five treatment rooms offering facials, massages, body treatments, and nail care.Linda Konde, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2024
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Delays, opaque fees, poor communication, and high barriers to access can all erode trust in cross-border payments.Dean DeBiase, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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This model has democratized online retail, giving sellers access to global markets with few barriers to entry.Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has over the past five years staged almost daily military activities around the island, including war games that have practiced blockades and attacks on ports.Reuters, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024
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The blockade plunged much of Gaza’s already impoverished population further into despair.Mustafa Barghouti, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024
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While approval-craving Venus in your sign argues with unusual Uranus in your practical 6th house, your desire to be seen as objectively correct might become a stumbling block.Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2024
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Where a Week 5 overtime to loss to Wilde Lake might’ve been the stumbling block that turned the season in years past, the Lions responded with four more wins, closing the season 8-1.Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Brick wall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brick%20wall. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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