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coop

[koop, koop] / kup, kʊp /




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Aminah's neighbour also reported seeing dead chickens near her coop.

From BBC Jun. 9, 2026

Don Knotts, “Mr. Chicken” himself, was ready to fly the coop out of L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2026

Which is a bit like saying, don’t worry: The fox got the go-ahead from rest of his den before invading the chicken coop.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 30, 2025

The home features a “state-of-the-art gym and wellness area,” a home theater, a catering kitchen, a tennis court, a vegetable garden, a chicken coop, and a koi pond.

From MarketWatch Oct. 14, 2025

The chickens, shut up in the coop for the night, cooed to each other as I went by but didn’t make too much fuss.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

Residents report bears rummaging through trash, raiding chicken coops and—like any good Southern Californian—dipping into backyard pools.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 17, 2025

Where the animals go after that is up to them, and although there have been some attacks on chicken coops, Sarmento says there have not been many.

From BBC Jan. 5, 2025

"Fish may simply not encounter much ammonium in the water, while chicken coops are filled with ammonium that needs to be avoided and not eaten."

From Science Daily Oct. 5, 2023

Domesticated wild cats attempt to find their way into the chicken coops.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2023

Apparently, word has gotten out about cheap, local, handcrafted coops.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

Not only are they younger due to the AI boom, but, as Raines noted, many spent their high-school or college years cooped up at home during the pandemic.

From The Wall Street Journal May 18, 2026

Martin-Coppen added: "We are not talking small animals. We are talking pure muscle, pure power, untrained, cooped up in a small house."

From BBC Feb. 20, 2026

“Thanks to the birds, I have never felt cooped up staying at home. So much remains new, so much can be discovered,” she writes.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 6, 2024

Airlines were helped in 2023 by strong demand for travel from people who had spent most of the pandemic cooped up at home.

From Seattle Times Jan. 12, 2024

I was no stranger to hard work, but the thought of being cooped up in Miss Sadie’s Divining Parlor left me feeling a bit short of breath.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

We also don’t mean cooping up post-exposure to a pathogen to contain the threat.

From Washington Post Nov. 24, 2021

There is still one authorized cooping location: the precinct station house itself.

From New York Times Jan. 17, 2014

In New York City, large numbers of policemen seem to have the sleeping-on-duty habit, which they call "cooping."

From Time Magazine Archive

I’d rather be outside with the men, rounding up the goats and cooping the chickens for the night, feeling hot inside my coat from the effort as my breath fogs out in the cold.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

I forgot my earlier ambivalence, and I blamed Papa for everything: his young woman, his hurting Mama, his cooping me up while he went gallivanting around.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez




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