Great Wall
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Lion and dragon dancers perform on the Great Wall of China, in Badaling, to entertain visitors who have come to enjoy the illuminated monument during the Year of the Horse celebrations.
From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026
So maybe not a Great Wall of China exactly, but certainly a wall with Chinese characteristics, given that an estimated 90 percent of surveillance cameras are made in China.
From Slate • Dec. 29, 2025
But after paying a visit to the Great Wall of China, he quickly got down to business.
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 19, 2025
I saw in my mind escarpments rising into the clouds, a kind of natural Great Wall of China.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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