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• The occupants of the truck were dragged out, kicked and forced up against a wall.
  — Christopher Sherman, ajc, 8 June 2023
• And Coleman feels up against a wall with Gov. Kay Ivey.
  — al, 11 Feb. 2023
• My back’s up against the wall, so my legs don’t get taken out.
  — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 26 June 2024
• Bishop and the seven others were lined up against a wall in the fort and gunned down.
  — Rennie Svirnovskiy, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2023
• Your butt should be up against the wall so that your body is at a 90-degree angle.
  — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 31 Mar. 2023
• They’re meant to be set up against a wall, so only one side of the tree is full enough to be on display.
  — Genevieve Cepeda, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
• The same goes for furniture like a couch or TV console backed up against the wall.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Dec. 2024
• Rafe ends up pushing Ward up against a wall and threatens him to leave town... or else.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2023
• In another shot, Kerr shows four pairs of white shoes lined up against a wall.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2023
• In another shot, Kerr showed four pairs of white shoes lined up against a wall.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
• At Perry's home, Perry tried to pull the girl's shirt up and pushed her up against a wall, the complaint said.
  — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2021
• There are no tables free, but a young woman directs us to a tiny inch of space right up against the wall.
  — Vulture, 26 Oct. 2023
• The video shows the inmate placing his hands on Pizzo's neck after he is pinned up against the wall.
  — NBC News, 8 Sep. 2020
• The officer instructs Anderson to get up against the wall, the video shows.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 12 Jan. 2023
• In the footage, five support braces lean up against the wall and one – the closest to the camera – gradually bends.
  — Holly Yan, CNN, 5 June 2023
• News reports showed dozens of people lined up against a wall near a taxiway.
  — NBC News, 29 Oct. 2021
• In another room, guests lined up against a wall and the room started spinning as three creepy clowns jumped around the walls.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 Feb. 2022
• Every kid would line up against the wall and wait to be admitted into a cramped nurse’s office to take the test.
  — Hazlitt, 18 Oct. 2023
• Conversely, it should never be placed beside the door or pushed up against a wall.
  — Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 28 Apr. 2023
• In one case, a few boys were walking home and throwing sticks when police swarmed them, drew guns and ordered the boys up against a wall.
  — Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 23 June 2020
• The Texans are up against the wall with quality opponents in the AFC playoff race.
  — Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
• Jeffrey Wright plays a frustrated academic up against the wall of what Black books must be to sell.
  — Leanne Italie, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
• Jeffrey Wright plays a frustrated academic up against the wall of what Black books must be to sell.
  — Leanne Italie, Quartz, 2 Mar. 2024
• Employers have had their backs up against a wall for months as turnover woes continue to roil the workforce.
  — Megan Leonhardt, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2022
• In a different picture, Kerr showed four pairs of white and yellow shoes lined up against a wall, with infant shoes as the last ones.
  — Ariana Quihuiz, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2023
• Vallejo then allegedly pushed him up against the wall and pressed his right forearm into his neck.
  — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 9 May 2024
• Her back is up against the wall, and losing or not having a little bit of support in a season is very upsetting.
  — EW.com, 12 June 2024
• As viewers watch the pair leave their one-on-one date, Riley pushes Maurissa up against a wall and kisses her.
  — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 25 Aug. 2021
• Reginald Jones, one imagines, never backed anyone up against a wall.
  — Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
• Steve Hunt: And there was a door leading into the house that had a pane of glass broken out and there was a maul, which is like a heavier ax, on the ground leaning up against the wall right next to that.
  — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 25 Feb 2025