chicken
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But another chicken chain is drawing a line.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 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
"I've got a box of 20 samosas for £1.50 and a big huge bag of chicken for £6. Times are quite tight at the moment, being pensioners, it's cheap and the chicken is amazing."
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Hunger opened up in the boy like a chasm, in spite of the bland chicken breast he’d just consumed.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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“The chickens are coming home to roost for a lot of people,” said Sean Burton, chief executive of the multifamily firm Cityview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 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
“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
The elderly grimace, hobbling on crutches, and wide-eyed children stare, cradling chickens carried from homes they were forced to leave behind.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
But we live on his farm now, and if I have to live on a farm, I think it ought to be an interesting one, with chickens and ducks and maybe some peacocks or something.
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
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