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chicken

[chik-uhn] / ˈtʃɪk ən /




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Analysts have said more diners have opted for chicken, partly because of elevated beef prices this year, and partly because sandwiches and tenders are easier to eat in the car.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

I enjoyed classic Scottish food like full Scottish breakfasts with haggis and blood pudding; chicken rumbledethumps, a dish with mashed potatoes, cabbage and cheese; Tennents lager and single-malt Scotch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

"Do the rich care whether the poor have beans to eat, whether they have rice or a chicken leg to eat?" he asked.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

The menus began modestly: my mom’s chicken noodle soup alongside store-bought tomato soup from the Whole Foods hot bar; my dad’s white chicken chili and a simple butternut squash soup scattered with chives.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

“My mom’s been trying to fix Ray up. He told her not to. He said it made him feel like yesterday’s chicken wings.”

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

She and her husband raise a few chickens and keep a vegetable garden.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Guoth said he put his ducks and chickens in the bathroom and weighed down his boats and trailers so "nothing flips over".

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

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

The sight of all those plump, delectable, buck-buck-bucking chickens might be too much for the children to resist, especially if it was getting close to lunchtime.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood


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