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dooryard

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as in backyard

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Recent Examples of dooryard Bridal elms flank a door; an 80-foot dooryard elm shades a house. — Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022 These are often called dooryard violets and the Latin name is viola sororia. — Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025 Volunteers tend to the home's dooryard gardens, which offered sustenance and herbs for home remedies or dyes for clothing during Colonial times. — Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community, 13 July 2017

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For more on how to build a yard your dog will actually use, check out this guide to dog-friendly backyard features worth investing in.

— Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026
Grocery stores will often rollback products on produce that are in season — the exact kinds that customers would want for a backyard barbeque.

— Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 7 July 2026

Definition of backyard

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The first wind phone was created in 2010 by Japanese garden designer Itaru Sasaki after the loss of his cousin to cancer and then later was dedicated to lives lost in the 2011 tsunami.

— Staff Photographer, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Leave some messiness in your garden and leave the leaves, as decaying leaves are great habitat for fireflies.

— Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 5 July 2026

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In Wuthering Heights, both Catherine and Heathcliff die in part by willing themselves into the grave—so much so there is worry that they won’t be allowed burial in the churchyard.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
Only days before, Al-Rahi had stood in the very churchyard where the crowd assembled Wednesday for his funeral.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026

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