yonder
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"Sandy's made lots of phone calls because we were told he was found at the farm over yonder," he continued.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Up yonder in the Big Apple, Andrew Cuomo is still pursuing an independent campaign for mayor against Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani.
From Slate • Aug. 23, 2025
An absent father—from a city yonder, past state lines Temple had never crossed—and no relatives on his mother’s side ensured that he got no apprenticeships.
From Slate • Dec. 16, 2023
How odd, then, that the gap between those four and the rest would erode when the familiar face of Justin Thomas came galloping out of the leader board yonder.
From Washington Post • May 22, 2022
‘But if I read the signs back yonder rightly, the Orcs of the White Hand prevailed, and the whole company is now bound for Isengard. Their present course bears me out.’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing yonder
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 7–11
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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"Diary of a Wimpy Kid" by Jeff Kinney
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