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chicken

[chik-uhn] / ˈtʃɪk ən /




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"Do the rich care whether the poor have beans to eat, whether they have rice or a chicken leg to eat?" he asked.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

We spread out a picnic blanket, ate fried chicken, popped cherry tomatoes like candy and watched the clouds float over the treetops.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The menus began modestly: my mom’s chicken noodle soup alongside store-bought tomato soup from the Whole Foods hot bar; my dad’s white chicken chili and a simple butternut squash soup scattered with chives.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Instead, Green and her husband sometimes choose alternatives, opting for ground turkey or ground chicken.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

“My mom’s been trying to fix Ray up. He told her not to. He said it made him feel like yesterday’s chicken wings.”

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

She and her husband raise a few chickens and keep a vegetable garden.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

“We are watching a game of chicken. Who chickens out first?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

To investigate, the researchers attached small weights to one leg of young guinea fowl, birds closely related to chickens that walk on two legs like humans.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Guoth said he put his ducks and chickens in the bathroom and weighed down his boats and trailers so "nothing flips over".

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Our chickens and geese were making more racket than they do when a hawk comes around.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls


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