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Their farmhouse was already old when I first saw it in 1966, complete with a chicken coop out back.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
One morning he went out back with his coffee and noticed something … pink.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
"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
His words were exactly what made me worry, as I wandered the ghetto beneath moonlight instead of streetlights because the electricity was out, back to the loose place in the barbed wire fence.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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