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    walls Walls that protect from oceans (seawalls) or rivers (levees) The term wall comes from the Latin vallum meaning "an earthen wall or rampart set with...
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    The Great Wall of China (traditional Chinese: 萬里長城; simplified Chinese: 万里长城; pinyin: Wànlǐ Chángchéng, literally "ten thousand li long wall") is a series...
    58 KB (6,486 words) - 00:00, 22 May 2024
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    the Wall's construction was to prevent East German citizens from fleeing to the West. The Soviet Bloc propaganda portrayed the Wall as protecting its...
    143 KB (15,731 words) - 15:39, 10 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Defensive wall
    A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors. The walls can range from simple...
    41 KB (4,972 words) - 23:34, 18 May 2024
  • WALL-E (stylized with an interpunct as WALL·E) is a 2008 American animated romantic science fiction film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt...
    130 KB (13,606 words) - 04:34, 26 May 2024
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    Hadrian's Wall (Latin: Vallum Hadriani, also known as the Roman Wall, Picts' Wall, or Vallum Aelium in Latin) is a former defensive fortification of the...
    70 KB (7,887 words) - 23:11, 26 May 2024
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    Initially built by Constantine the Great, the walls surrounded the new city on all sides, protecting it against attack from both sea and land. As the...
    114 KB (14,493 words) - 08:44, 13 May 2024
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    Badaling (redirect from Badaling Great Wall)
    (Juyongguan section of the Great Wall) to its south, further protecting the city of Beijing. The portion of the wall at Badaling has undergone restoration...
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    See media help. The Western Wall (Hebrew: הַכּוֹתֶל הַמַּעֲרָבִי, romanized: HaKotel HaMa'aravi, lit. 'the western wall', often shortened to the Kotel...
    152 KB (18,845 words) - 03:28, 23 May 2024
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    China, Qin Shi Huang, to protect his newly founded Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) against incursions by nomads from Inner Asia. The walls were built of rammed earth...
    97 KB (13,576 words) - 15:42, 27 May 2024
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    Wall Street is a street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It runs eight city blocks between Broadway in the west and South...
    105 KB (10,691 words) - 08:37, 25 May 2024
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    The Antonine Wall (Latin: Vallum Antonini) was a turf fortification on stone foundations, built by the Romans across what is now the Central Belt of Scotland...
    31 KB (3,247 words) - 22:41, 27 May 2024
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    Johnathan Hildred Wall Jr. (born September 6, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National...
    69 KB (6,897 words) - 00:00, 16 May 2024
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    A cell wall is a structural layer that surrounds some cell types, found immediately outside the cell membrane. It can be tough, flexible, and sometimes...
    43 KB (4,782 words) - 22:49, 26 April 2024
  • The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), also referred to simply as the Journal, is an American business- and economic-focused international daily newspaper based...
    110 KB (10,641 words) - 23:39, 27 May 2024
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    The Trump wall, commonly referred to as "The Wall", is an expansion of the Mexico–United States barrier that started during the U.S. presidency of Donald...
    195 KB (17,958 words) - 03:59, 7 May 2024
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    The London Wall is a defensive wall first built by the Romans around the strategically important port town of Londinium in c. AD 200, as well as the name...
    61 KB (4,553 words) - 11:37, 3 May 2024
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    Fire-Rescue (52–3), protecting Wall Fire District No. 3, was established in 1946. Headquartered at 2605 Atlantic Avenue, South Wall responds to calls for...
    86 KB (9,781 words) - 03:30, 27 April 2024
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    curtain wall is a defensive wall between fortified towers or bastions of a castle, fortress, or town. Evidence for curtain walls or a series of walls surrounding...
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  • and traumatic events in his life, constructs an emotional and mental wall to protect himself. However, this coping mechanism eventually backfires, and Pink...
    42 KB (4,300 words) - 23:48, 21 May 2024
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