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

The back yard slowly filled with loved ones from Negrete’s various social circles.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

“There’s a lot of memories in that back yard that I will cherish forever.”

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025

Adani Group has bid for giant contracts in India’s back yard.

From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2024

All they had in the world was the nerve to stand in a back yard with cap in hand and sing loudly.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith