backyard
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They were worried that their three small dogs, who they had left inside, would run out the dog door into the backyard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
He has so much sports equipment in his room at home that he could hold his own backyard games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Todd Montgomery pops the lid off a small tube and taps out hundreds of mosquitoes into the backyard of a suburban home outside Washington.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
The description also called attention to the home’s very unique bones—and its existing amenities, including the gunite pool in the backyard.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
According to my mom, we’d moved to Oregon because she’d gotten a better job, and I got to have a big bedroom and a backyard.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
Base Power is building and installing batteries in residential backyards and aims to “become one of the country’s largest developers of battery storage,” the Journal writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Base Power is racing to build and install tens of thousands of batteries in residential backyards and become one of the country’s largest developers of battery storage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The county, local agencies, utilities and property owners are in a constant battle with the flora and fauna just beyond fencelines and backyards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
It was also seen swimming in a river, and climbing over fences across backyards.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
Of course, in the mortal world, there are such things as backyards.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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