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back green

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noun

  1. dialect grass or a garden at the back of a house, esp a tenement

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Electricity grid size 'holding back green energy'

From BBC

“As it pertains to the dryness, we all know that it could rain for the next week, and it won’t do what we need it to do for the hillsides: get them back growing, get them back green,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

“He wanted to know how he would get his bike back,” Green said, “so I wrote up a mini contract and sent him a photo of my license.”

From New York Times

“It’s surreal being back,” Green said.

From Seattle Times

Britain hosts the United Nations’ COP climate summit in Glasgow in November, and wants countries to make businesses report their environmental impact in a consistent way, to make it easier for investors to back green projects.

From Reuters