backyard
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The backyard is a true oasis, with a lagoon-style pool and perfectly manicured landscaping.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
The first alpha-gal fatality was confirmed in 2025 after Brian Waitzel, an otherwise healthy JetBlue pilot, died four hours after he ate a hamburger at a backyard barbecue in New Jersey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
“You try to make sure that you’ve got your own backyard covered as well as possible. If not, there’s always a story.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
The main character of Maea’s “Pasado/Futuro” No-Movie, the Being, sprang from the show “L.A. Fonts,” in the artist Alfonso Gonzalez Jr.’s backyard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
But when Dad came out into the backyard, no matter how hard Jonah tried, he couldn’t keep from looking toward the broken window.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Participating artists not only play on porches and front stoops in the Mission District but also in backyards, parklets, storefronts and district venues.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Base Power is building and installing batteries in residential backyards and aims to “become one of the country’s largest developers of battery storage,” the Journal writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
It was also seen swimming in a river, and climbing over fences across backyards.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
Authorities had repeatedly searched the backyards of homes owned individually by the parents of Paul Flores.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
For by now all the Cambridge Bengalis have moved to places like Dedham and Framingham and Lexington and Winchester, to houses with backyards and driveways.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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