back yard
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He lives near West Mersea in Essex and said on social media, external that "Clacton is my back yard" and "someone is going to have to provide a voice on the right".
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 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
Gaga's back yard in Malibu had previously played host to the wedding of her close friend, Sonja Durham, shortly before she died of cancer in 2017.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2025
He said, “You think that’s strange. You should have seen what I saw one day. “One of the girls threw two cold biscuits out in the back yard to Old Dan.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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