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Oliver also wrote that Bankman-Fried “insisted that he had walled himself off from trading and risk management.”

From Slate • Oct. 31, 2023

Around 9:45 a.m. on Friday morning, the creaky metal awning, that for almost a year had walled off moviegoers from the Angelika Film Center on Houston Street, rolled up with a lurch.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2021

Carlos Franqui, who owns Floratorium, said he had walled the tables off with birch-trunk fences to give them a rustic feel that he describes as “a barricade that doesn’t look like a barricade.”

From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2020

She had walled off the room with a whiteboard and plastered the countertops with Post-its that she intended to fill in as she continued work on the project.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 8, 2019

Over the years, she had walled off her heart, again and again, making it smooth and bright and unfeeling.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill