yard
Example Sentences
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“It doesn’t just stop a blade. It spreads the kinetic energy across the fabric. The yards can work almost like a conveyor belt, preventing energy from concentrating at a single point.”
From Los Angeles Times
The workers ran downstairs and sprinted across a yard for the shelter.
"I'm chasing the companies that make those servers that go sit in those data centres, the companies that make the entire air conditioning, the water-cooling system -- the whole nine yards."
From Barron's
Sewage and debris flow from Tijuana are an ever-present threat and decades-long source of frustration and anger in Imperial Beach, where beaches have been closed and some residents have planted “Stop the Stink” yard signs.
From Los Angeles Times
Scheffler again looked wobbly on his first few holes, including a bogey on the 13th, but after a run of birdies he chipped in from 65 yards for an eagle on the seventh.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
