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back yard

British  

noun

  1. a yard at the back of a house, etc

    1. close at hand

    2. involving or implicating one See NIMBY

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Then the ufo landed in my back yard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

“Auntie Dosie had to have three aspirins, but Auntie Hannah, who liked port, stood in the middle of the snowbound back yard, singing like a big-bosomed thrush.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

“One memory is just jumping in the back yard after school and Mondo would coach me,” says Johanna.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025

The fire was crawling up the back yard and the house was filled with smoke.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2025

I could have kept him in my back yard, but to pen up a dog like that is a sin.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

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