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lawn

noun as in cultivated area of green grass

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While some earlier protests did turn violent, she wrote, recent pickets outside Portland’s ICE headquarters have featured lawn chairs and low energy.

For now, it stands as an unauthorized fixture — and a reminder of how art and politics continue to collide on the nation’s most symbolic lawn.

From Salon

Many have lived in the neighborhood, with its neat lawns and single-family homes, for decades.

He said his large home in Gaza City - which used to have a barbecue and picnic table on the lawn - was taken over as an Israeli military base and then looted by local people.

From BBC

Sitting on a lawn under a shade tree, 87-year-old Ron Nelson graciously obliged when asked by yet another stranger for his recollection of that day.

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