yard
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“This will be displayed in a special way in our yard. I hope to share the photos of our yard when it’s completed with the statue beautifully placed.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Ardersier is a former oil and gas fabrication yard which at its peak employed about 4,500 people, before closing in 2001 as demand dropped.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
“Over many, many years, they started bringing their cubs into the yard, and then they started nursing in front of us,” said Joanne Edney-Coray, who with her husband runs the popular Silver Salmon Creek Lodge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
They ate their meals together and walked laps around the yard talking about life.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
In the depot yard, there was no shade to be found.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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Simpson, the 13th pick in the NFL draft, made no major errors, passed for two touchdowns and completed 21 of 25 attempts for 190 yards in a 20-12 victory at Arrowhead Stadium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Early in the fourth quarter, Smith returned a punt 40 yards to the Chiefs’ 23.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
A third-and-six pass to rookie CJ Daniels netted only two yards and the Rams settled for a field goal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
He ran for 27 yards in three carries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Razi hadn’t gone more than a few yards before guilt overcame him.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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Often on horseback, he yarded and penned cattle.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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Not a deer trail did they see; probably the animals were yarded for the winter.
From Northern Diamonds by Frank Lillie Pollock
The blacks followed closely, and the bird was soon yarded.
From Australian Legendary Tales: folklore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies by K. Langloh (Katie Langloh) Parker
Rosses and Morrisons lost three horses when they had a go for 'em, besides there isn't a man on our place could have yarded them.
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
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What triggers whitetails to move to winter yarding areas?
From Time Magazine Archive
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Farther south, yarding may occur only during years when the weather is more severe.
From Time Magazine Archive
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At the heavier work, the girl at yarding, the folder, knotter, and ticketer, all worked tandem, and if the girl at yarding loses her bonus, all the girls lose the bonus.
From Making Both Ends Meet The income and outlay of New York working girls by Sue Ainslie Clark
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