front porch
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The biggest hits sand down the rough-hewn edges of Mama’s metaphorical front porch to up their resale value, perhaps never funnier than Luke Bryan’s bullet-point summer vacation on “Fish, Hunt, Golf, Drink.”
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
Al Otro Lado, Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the court’s majority, reached for a football field, a front porch, and a mailbox.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026
The car crashed into a fence, then smashed into the house’s front porch and came to rest in a vertical position on the steps, according to authorities and video from the scene.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
Set against the distant Blue Ridge Mountains, it depicts a favorite Southern activity—akin to her widely admired maple-sugaring paintings set up north—embellished with details like the tiny rocking horse on her front porch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
The next day, I stood on Thomas’s old front porch, gripping a bunch of flyers.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
