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
“My brothers and I would jump in the back yard - it was our playground,” 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
The fire was crawling up the back yard and the house was filled with smoke.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2025
So Gwen comes out of the house and pushes the hair out of her big brown eyes and she goes, "Kevin, go play in the back yard, okay?"
From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick
