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[yahrd] / jɑrd /


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Before the attendees grabbed their signs, which included standard yard signs as well as pink-shaded Spanish-language signs saying, “Mujeres Para Monica,” they could stand in a photo line for a picture with the congresswoman.

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026

“I shop at Goodwills, yard sales, Facebook Marketplace, you name it,” Sandoval said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

It is the towering centerpiece of Anthony Carrara’s front yard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Later, I padded barefoot into the yard to snip rosemary for the stuffing.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

And Cat’s mother, who sat in their yard, teeth gone, cheeks sunken, with no money to pay the rent.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

They have lost six in a row and are the NFL’s only team to give up at least 100 yards rushing in every game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

He hit an absolute rocket of a shot into the top corner from 40 yards in his homeland against Porto, a goal which took them into the Champions League semi-finals.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

The Buccaneers have run for a combined 582 yards in two straight wins, but they will have to be more balanced to beat the Bears.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

They’re also one of the best rushing offenses, averaging 213 yards on the ground while hoarding possession for 33 minutes a game.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Several hundred yards to the rear were support trenches, holding men and supplies that could immediately move up to the front.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

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

Not a deer trail did they see; probably the animals were yarded for the winter.

From Northern Diamonds by Frank Lillie Pollock

When the cows were safely yarded, And the calves were in the pen, All the cares of day discarded, Closed we round the hut-fire then.

From In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses by Henry Lawson

The boys expected their drover friend to be as excited as they were, but he had seen cattle yarded so many hundreds of times that he took things very coolly.

From In the Musgrave Ranges by Conrad H. (Conrad Harvey) Sayce

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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The worker stops the yarding machine by throwing her weight on her right foot, on a pedal to the right.

From Making Both Ends Meet The income and outlay of New York working girls by Sue Ainslie Clark


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