Hamilton, sliding the McLaren aggressively around Singapore's wall-lined corners, remained top of the list for the majority of first practice, progressively lowering his times.

BBC: Alonso edges Hamilton in practice

Pope Benedict insisted on beginning his emotional visit by walking alone under the infamous sign and saying a prayer in front of the reconstruction of the execution wall where Nazis lined up and shot thousands of prisoners.

BBC: Auschwitz's sign of death and defiance

Derby-racing trophies lined the back wall, and a collection of his prized cars were displayed on a table.

WSJ: Gentlemen, Start Your Little Cars: These Derbies Are for Grown-Ups

"I don't like it when it's a rat-pack bar" filled with a wall of liquor bottles and lined with bar stools, says Mr. Smith.

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The blue notebooks that neatly lined the south wall of my room were reserved for "Maps of People Doing Things, " as opposed to the green notebooks on the east wall, which contained zoological, geological, and topographical maps, or the red notebooks on the west wall, which was where I mapped out insect anatomy in case my mother, Dr. Clair Linneaker Spivet, ever called upon my services.

NPR: Excerpt: 'The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet'

Friends and fans were lined up on the harbour wall as he sailed in accompanied by a flotilla of vessels.

BBC: Alex Thomson welcomed home from Vendee

In my local Starbucks, for example, a recent renovation brought an army of teeny-weeny tables lined up in formation against the longest wall.

FORBES: Starbucks' Power Over Us Is Bigger Than Coffee: It's Personal.

They have lined up two cribs with no extra bedding along their bedroom wall for daughter Macy and son Reid, and have a third ready for Lena, who is still in the neonatal intensive care unit.

WSJ: How to Swaddle an Infant Safely

Plac Nowy, a square lined with market stalls, cafes and hole-in-the-wall food stands, where locals snack on Krakow's best zapiekanka, toasted half baguettes topped with cheese, mushrooms and sometimes ham and onions.

BBC: A taste of Krakow