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yard

[yahrd] / jɑrd /


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There’s a dead spot on the former site of a bounce house, and the detritus of five children suggests, at all times, that we are running the world’s chintziest yard sale.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Using a plastic bag to collect the soil and disposing of it in the garbage — not green yard waste bins — will help to reduce the spread of airborne chemicals.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

She and five of her relatives are sleeping in tents in the yard, out of fear of more collapses.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

But it’s not an impossible situation, nor does it negate spending on the yard.

From MarketWatch Jul. 8, 2026

Back home, Quinn is in Dr. P’s front yard.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Overall, the average driving distance for the tournament was 304.4 yards, 8.3 yards farther than the PGA Tour average that year.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

In the first days of the original Metropolitan Police investigation, officers knocked on a door just a few hundred yards from the alley - the home of the Stewart family.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

"The bears have surrounded us. They come into the house yards, cause damage, eat the fruit off the trees," the 65-year-old told AFP at his home in Kleisoura, just east of the city of Kastoria.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

When Messi stands over the ball to take a penalty kick, he is only 12 yards out, with 196 square feet to aim at, and only the goalkeeper to beat.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

We had gone about two hundred yards when I stopped again 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

Stanley had to go after the cows, which were little better than walking hides, yet were yarded morning and evening to yield a dribble of milk.

From My Brilliant Career by Franklin, Miles

Extra vagance! it depends on how you are yarded.

From Walden by Thoreau, Henry David

In their native haunts bears are as little given to loud talk as other animals; but in roomy and comfortable captivity, where many are yarded together, they rapidly develop vocal powers.

From The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations by Hornaday, William Temple

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

In some northern states, they�ll travel to yarding areas in softwood swamps.

From Time Magazine Archive

Next morning I was early afield, heading for a ridge where I thought the deer of the neighborhood might congregate with the intention of yarding for the winter.

From Secret of the Woods by Long, William Joseph




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