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
"It feels amazing. I whooped that boy in his back yard," Londoner TKV, who was deducted a point for a low blow, said.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025
The fire was crawling up the back yard and the house was filled with smoke.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 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
I go up and open the bulkhead door and his mother is in the back yard and she's looking at the little red wagon.
From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick
