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chicken

[chik-uhn] / ˈtʃɪk ən /




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Standing on Walton’s main street near a fried chicken shop, Morgan Price, 22, is one of a million young Brits who aren’t in school, don’t have a job and aren’t training for one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

But another chicken chain is drawing a line.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

Vo’s own go-to Taco Bell order audaciously nods at the chain’s encouragement of personalization: A chicken quesadilla bulked up with steak and ground beef.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Similarly, Finnish driver Anita Mäkelä has won the European championship four times – three of them after a six-year break focusing on her children and running her family's chicken farm.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Nate smiles a smile that says he thinks he’s already won, and pops the last of his third chicken skewer in his mouth.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Now, as the bill comes due and interest rates rise, “the chickens are coming home to roost.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 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

His old tail started thumping the ground, then he opened his mouth and let out a bawl that scared the chickens out of the barn.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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