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chicken

[chik-uhn] / ˈtʃɪk ən /




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Some items, like the chicken tenders with ranch crème fraîche, can receive a caviar supplement.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

It is used to purchase ingredients like meat, chicken or fish.

From Barron's Sep. 17, 2026

The U.S.’s AI developers have been locked in a spending game of chicken for the past few years.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

Eat the pasta — and perhaps add peas and chicken.

From Salon Sep. 15, 2026

Hunger opened up in the boy like a chasm, in spite of the bland chicken breast he’d just consumed.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

Sir Paul Smith, the doyen of British fashion, is flailing around in his office with two large rubber chickens and making them squeak them with gusto.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

“The house was small, so we built onto it to add a kitchen. We use the barns as a sanctuary for rescued horses, ducks, chickens, peacocks, goats, and other animals,” she went on.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

“Now all the chickens are coming to roost here at the end of the year,” said Melissa Wall of Aprio, an accounting and advisory firm.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

But he reiterated the message that it was fine for people to buy British eggs from supermarkets as chickens bred here are vaccinated against common strains of salmonella.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

It’s usual in the winter to go out in the morning and see chickens on the roof, flocked around the chimney warming themselves.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen




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