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When bovine TB led to the loss of his entire herd, dairy farmer Mervyn Kelso struggled with the sadness of the empty fields and the silence of the milking yard.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

But before you know it, they’ve taken over your yard.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

Loui Ridi keeps watch from his balcony on a pair of dusty camper vans parked a stone’s throw from his yard, bracing for the next attack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Rakowski had touchdown runs of 19, three and one yard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

There were no footprints in the yard, not one.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

It was the final touch on his individual masterpiece—399 yards and three touchdowns—as he defeated the coach who brought him to Ole Miss in the first place, 32-24.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

The Boilermakers had 488 total yards, with Ryan Browne completing 19 of 30 passes for 378 yards, with three touchdowns and an interception.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

Inside a cool, dimly lighted trailer where the quiet is broken mostly by the crackle of radio traffic, Abrin Vasquez drives a 40-ton bulldozer hundreds of yards away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

He completed 17 of 27 passes with 207 yards, one touchdown and one back-breaking interception.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

He walked a few yards, and then scrambled up on a large fallen tree.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

Often on horseback, he yarded and penned cattle.

From Time Magazine Archive

When Atik returned, Miyax told him he did not need to go to the mountains—that a large herd was yarded not far up the river.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George

“You’ve done as I told you, and only yarded at the ends of the twitch-roads, and haven’t hauled to landings?” he inquired.

From King Spruce, A Novel by Holman Day

Sheep should be yarded for the operation immediately after a rain, if practicable, as the hoofs can then be readily cut.

From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Robert Jennings

Extra vagance! it depends on how you are yarded.

From Walden by Henry David Thoreau

The sharp fuss of grown-ups, issued from porches at the rowdy barefoot yarding of neighborhood kids, rises over the chatter of rocking chairs, to contend with manic squeals and out-of-breath laughter.

From Salon ● May 10, 2024

What triggers whitetails to move to winter yarding areas?

From Time Magazine Archive

Farther south, yarding may occur only during years when the weather is more severe.

From Time Magazine Archive

For example, in northern Wisconsin, researchers have shown that individual does may remain on summer range during mild winters but will move to yarding areas when heavy snows and cold temperatures develop.

From Time Magazine Archive

The use of the gin pole and crotch line operated by the straw drum of the yarding donkey ties up the yarding until the truck is loaded.

From Motor Truck Logging Methods Engineering Experiment Station Series, Bulletin No. 12 by Frederick Malcolm Knapp