chicken
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A few years ago, an experimental McDonald’s drive-thru system became convinced that two customers needed an almost ceremonial quantity of chicken McNuggets.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
In the spring, it was far-flung corners of rural America, where one promising new data center turned out to be AI servers humming inside what appeared to be a converted chicken coop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Both its kosher preparation—using oil instead of butter and chicken instead of pork—and its fixture as a workhorse dish speak to a rigidity and an adaptability that define Israeli cuisine and, more broadly, life there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Her first hit item was a baby rattle shaped like a chicken drumstick that was sold wrapped in cellophane, much like a meat-counter purchase.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
He could see the perfectly crisped fried chicken leg lying on his plate beside his half-eaten potatoes.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Members of the Amish community call the county home, riding horse-drawn buggies and operating farms with chickens, pigs, cows and horses on their properties just outside of the city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Looking across more than 550 million years of evolutionary history, the team found evidence of the same two-origin arrangement in chickens, zebrafish and even acorn worms.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
"Spielberg said, 'The Great Escape is one of my favourite films, and I have 300 chickens on my ranch!' So it went very well."
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 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
This guy probably needs those chickens for food.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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