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"It's like walking out back at your house, trying to take a picture of the moon," he told mission control.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
I like to wake up in bed each morning looking at the mountains out back.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
As Gina Martin Adams, chief market strategist at HB Wealth, pointed out, back in October and November, investors were laser-focused on potential threats to the AI trade.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 4, 2026
When that space turned out to be too big for an art studio, the landlord told Stringer he was free to take a look at the shed out back.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025
So I was glad when I found her out back and she said she’d have me working in the garden that day, although calling it a garden required a whole lot of imagination.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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