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barnyard

[bahrn-yahrd] / ˈbɑrnˌjɑrd /


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Children ages 4 to 8 will think they know what’s coming from the placid, old-timey barnyard setting, where the horse says “neigh” and the cow says “moo.”

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

One article said, “A pop-up barnyard would be less inappropriate for the neighborhood.”

From Slate Jul. 17, 2025

I learned the many shades of stink — from barnyard funk to gym sock to overripe fruit — and how to spot the difference.

From Salon Jul. 6, 2025

Speaking from the stage at a 1995 concert in Memphis, Jackson described her music as “anywhere from a barnyard disaster to classical.”

From New York Times Jan. 6, 2024

The geese hung around the barnyard the way boys hang around a drug store, and Mr. Zuckerman fed them com and turnips to keep them cheerful.

From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White

But there is real risk in our own backyards — and barnyards.

From New York Times Jul. 25, 2023

At any given moment, there are as many as 12,500 Duroc hogs snorting around the barnyards of Imani Farms, a pig farm in southwestern Ontario.

From New York Times Mar. 9, 2022

For example, when Bouckaert wanted “funky” aromas, such as the smell of barnyards or horse blankets, but without the usual accompanying fruity notes, he tried four of the lab’s strains that showed some promise.

From Nature Jul. 25, 2016

Thousands of basketball-obsessed kids, in schoolyards and backyards and barnyards around the country, may be trying a new kind of shot come Tuesday morning.

From Time Apr. 8, 2014

When the fields yielded little game, they worked the barnyards and farm gardens.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George




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