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porch

[pawrch, pohrch] / pɔrtʃ, poʊrtʃ /
NOUN
patio
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Yes, the 1985 Steven Spielberg adventure, early in which Mikey, from his porch, opens the front gate for Chunk using a device that employs a bowling ball, bucket, balloon, chicken, football, and sprinkler.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

He found the damage when he returned home and "luckily it had burned itself out in the porch".

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Her porch was low hanging and served as an open-air storage building.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

Every spring, caterpillars infested the fruit trees at their property’s edge, and every July the children watched from the porch as their father used a torch to burn out the larvae.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

I pause on Emma’s porch and straighten the stack into an organized pile.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller




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