henhouse
Example Sentences
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In Washington, the White House press secretary, Jen Psaki, reacted derisively to Mr. Putin’s comments, comparing them to “when the fox is screaming from the top of the henhouse that he’s scared of the chickens.”
From New York Times
“It is unfair to these employees to say that the fox is guarding the henhouse,” Torres said.
From Washington Post
“That’s like the fox saying it had to attack the henhouse because its occupants somehow pose a threat,” Blinken said then.
From Washington Post
Brendan Lindsay, author of the 2012 book “Murder State: California’s Native American Genocide, 1846-1873,” said ranchers hunted Indians in the way they might track down a fox that ventured into a henhouse.
From Seattle Times
He later added, “If someone has been a political operative, to then put them in charge of election crimes, it’s kind of like having the fox guard the henhouse.”
From Seattle Times
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