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chicken

[chik-uhn] / ˈtʃɪk ən /




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Trader Joe’s, of course, has done its part to thaw people’s feelings toward the freezer aisle: the orange chicken, the soup dumplings, the cheese-filled fiocchetti with pink sauce.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

"I don't care how much criticism we get, I am just never going to agree with a butter chicken tsunami coming to New Zealand," government minister Shane Jones told a local radio show.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

Some irregular food items such as chicken and pig were also detected in the samples, suggesting that wolves are also scavenging from human waste disposal sites.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

There is also a chicken character, but it doesn’t appear much more real than its animated counterpart—just weirder, like something that escaped from an underground lab at Perdue.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

“What does chicken pox have to do with it?” he wanted to know, but my mother said he was just tired of watching Charlie and me scratch.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson

We followed them back to their house where they found all of the chickens still alive.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

“My father built a cabin and gardened; we raised chickens and sheep. My mother was a schoolteacher who sewed all my clothes and dolls.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

"I don't know how and where to get the ID card; now I'll go and check," said 17-year-old Abdulrehman Sudais, standing beside a crate of chickens he had carried across the border for his mother.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

Scottish shipyards may think they are in pole position but, as Hine points out, don't count your chickens - or warships - before they're hatched.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

The original farmers grew vegetable gardens and fruit orchards, and they raised chickens and sheep and goats.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown




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