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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
We had five bedrooms and baths, a 40-foot living room, a Steinway grand, a huge dining table and a trampoline out back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
There’s a built-in barbecue, a Renato pizza oven, and a relaxing lounge with a fire pit out back.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2025
The Wi-Fi in my building was spotty at best, so I made the campus library my office, spreading out back issues of “Martha Stewart Living” and stacks of cookbooks across a long wooden table.
From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2025
We pulled a load of heavy cans and propane canisters and a welded hibachi barbecue in the trailer cart we’d found out back of the resort, along with Minerva’s share of the camp carry.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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