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[yahrd] / jɑrd /


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In his parents’ yard, he spots “a fresh, red-barked branch shooting out of the scorched manzanita — a sign of life returning.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

When bovine TB led to the loss of his entire herd, dairy farmer Mervyn Kelso struggled with the sadness of the empty fields and the silence of the milking yard.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

But before you know it, they’ve taken over your yard.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

As Mr. Castro tried to arrest him in a yard, a 24-year-old Venezuelan man came to aid the escape.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

He knows that I know it, from the way that our eyes meet in that dark train yard.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Maye, who completed 14 of 25 passes for 199 yards and was sacked three times, finished with a passer rating of 48.6, the second-lowest of his career.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

And it was like, hey, I’ve got to cut yards, I’ve got to do whatever I can to provide for my family.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

With two seconds left, he had a shot at the endzone from 19 yards, but Hufanga intercepted for a second time to clinch a 30-26 Broncos win.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Jackson, who set the single-season record for rushing yards by a quarterback in 2019, ran less than ever before and saw a downturn in his passing, too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

I walked up the washout about a hundred yards and stopped to listen.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Often on horseback, he yarded and penned cattle.

From Time Magazine Archive

When Atik returned, Miyax told him he did not need to go to the mountains—that a large herd was yarded not far up the river.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George

He yarded down here two miles or so.

From The Rainy Day Railroad War by Holman Day

What is the condition of a stockman after he has brought up his mob and yarded it for the night?

From Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand by William Delisle Hay

A mob that had travelled a long way was often yarded the night before the sales.

From The Pioneers by Katharine Susannah Prichard

The sharp fuss of grown-ups, issued from porches at the rowdy barefoot yarding of neighborhood kids, rises over the chatter of rocking chairs, to contend with manic squeals and out-of-breath laughter.

From Salon ● May 10, 2024

For example, in northern Wisconsin, researchers have shown that individual does may remain on summer range during mild winters but will move to yarding areas when heavy snows and cold temperatures develop.

From Time Magazine Archive

What triggers whitetails to move to winter yarding areas?

From Time Magazine Archive

Farther south, yarding may occur only during years when the weather is more severe.

From Time Magazine Archive

The use of the gin pole and crotch line operated by the straw drum of the yarding donkey ties up the yarding until the truck is loaded.

From Motor Truck Logging Methods Engineering Experiment Station Series, Bulletin No. 12 by Frederick Malcolm Knapp




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