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Great Wall

British  

noun

  1. astronomy a vast sheet of many thousands of gravitationally associated galaxies detected in the universe

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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They’d loved hiking the Great Wall of China and participating in 150-mile bike rides, and had shored up their finances to retire early.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026

Great Wall Motors had a product plan sketched for building vehicles in the U.S., and it was preparing to launch before the pandemic hit, people familiar with the discussions said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

The group brought 17 girls from the Eastside and the San Gabriel Valley together at local community gardens and historic murals, like Judy Baca’s Great Wall of Los Angeles, in the San Fernando Valley.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

He had his photograph taken by the Great Wall.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026

A picture of us having a picnic on the Great Wall.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz

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