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Recent Examples of curtilageTrees and walking paths delineate the curtilage with typical Japanese elegance.—Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025 Within the curtilage is a hidden walled garden, and elsewhere on the property is an original workshop that has been restored.—Mark David, Robb Report, 20 Jan. 2024 In legal parlance, curtilage refers to land attached to a house, like a yard or garden.—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2019 The Supreme Court long has recognized that privacy interests are heightened within the home, with precedents that limit police intrusions not only into structures but also the immediately surrounding property, known as the curtilage.—Jess Bravin, WSJ, 29 May 2018
Just six yards out, Teze powered a header on target, but Vicario spread himself across the goal and palmed his shot away.
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Elias Burke,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
In last week’s 56-31 dismantling of previously unbeaten UNLV, Boise State called a fake punt in the fourth quarter, and Doyle delivered again, on an 11-yard pass play to tight end Matt Wagner.
Set across 12 connected riads (traditional Moroccan homes with a central courtyard), the hotel is essentially one large, living work of art, where patterns, styles, and decades flow between spaces seamlessly.
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Elizabeth Cantrell,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Oct. 2025
With its presence carved into tall columns and sprawling courtyards, this hallowed location has been a place of devotion to deities like Amun-Ra, Montu, and Mut for more than 3,000 years.
On a glorious late-summer afternoon, a small group gathered on the leafy patio behind Café Lisbeth to toast.
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Diana Hubbell,
Saveur,
16 Oct. 2025
For traditional lodging, bed down at Mountain House Rajska Vrata in Jahorina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, where ski days end on the sunny patio with local specialties such as nettle soup or herbal rakija (brandy) around the fireplace.
General manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, in fact, did well to sign Wentz — idle after not being picked up by anyone after last season — the week after training camp came to a close.
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John Shipley,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
On Friday, Bank of America reiterated its buy rating on the stock and raised its price target by $50 to $300, which suggests nearly 29% potential upside from Friday’s close.
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