schoolyard
Americannoun
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schoolyards
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Origin of schoolyard
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Whether you’re in your 50s, 60s or living in a nursing home, those formative experiences in the schoolyard have a way of coming back to bite you when you least expect it.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
He headed toward a schoolyard but when he spotted kids, he swerved and crash-landed into a tree.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
In the basement of the house that hosted the talks, agents for the CIA and KGB exchange schoolyard insults and fight about a restroom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
In these online spaces, the same power dynamics play out that are seen in the parameters of a schoolyard.
From Slate ● May 12, 2026
They were in the schoolyard and he was standing by the door to the kitchen.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
Luckily, playing football in Brooklyn schoolyards was free.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
"The implications are far-reaching -- from designing healthier cities and schoolyards to guiding ecosystem restoration and rethinking green infrastructure."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 4, 2026
Ossola said that in some ways, Californians who want to improve their children’s schoolyards are playing catchup even with community will and funding sources in place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025
Back in the 1990s, videos bringing together the best from around the world – sample title: Lightning Strikes - would be passed around schoolyards until the tape wore thin.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2024
Schoolboys fought over again in the schoolyards the battles with the heathenish names.
From The Long Roll by Mary Johnston
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