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“I told him from Day 1 that we started hanging out back in ‘06, ‘07, somewhere in there, that I’m pulling for him as a human being — forget his golf.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 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
“There’s been times where I’ve been here cooking, when the power has gone out and a bunch of regulars have gone out back and started working on the generator,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 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
Mr. Hardy had helped the boys build a tree house in the woods out back.
From "Mystery Map (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #3)" by Franklin W. Dixon
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