back yard
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“Auntie Dosie had to have three aspirins, but Auntie Hannah, who liked port, stood in the middle of the snowbound back yard, singing like a big-bosomed thrush.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
"It feels amazing. I whooped that boy in his back yard," Londoner TKV, who was deducted a point for a low blow, said.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025
“One memory is just jumping in the back yard after school and Mondo would coach me,” says Johanna.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2025
She looked up the mountain beyond her back yard and saw flames erupt at the base of a power transmission line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2025
One evening, in doing my chores, I took the water pail to the hydrant in the back yard to fill it.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
