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
It helped having a pole-vault pit in the back yard of their home in Louisiana, where Duplantis grew up alongside his two brothers and younger sister Johanna, who is also a professional pole vaulter.
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025
The fire was crawling up the back yard and the house was filled with smoke.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2025
When they came to the back yard Jake saw that two Negro men were sitting on the back steps.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
