back yard
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She found that locals, especially immigrants who came here in the 1980s, look on the place as a back yard .
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
“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
The back yard slowly filled with loved ones from Negrete’s various social circles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
“One memory is just jumping in the back yard after school and Mondo would coach me,” says Johanna.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2025
He turned his head and looked intently out the window, as if he had just caught sight of something in the darkening back yard.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
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