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chicken

[chik-uhn] / ˈtʃɪk ən /




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"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

KFC, once the leading U.S. chicken chain, is now the fifth-largest by sales, according to market-research firm Technomic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Instead, Green and her husband sometimes choose alternatives, opting for ground turkey or ground chicken.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

We built up the fire and, naturally starved, thought we’d try one piece each of Tansy’s fried chicken.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

To investigate, the researchers attached small weights to one leg of young guinea fowl, birds closely related to chickens that walk on two legs like humans.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Sir Paul Smith, the doyen of British fashion, is flailing around in his office with two large rubber chickens and making them squeak them with gusto.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 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 took enormous effort, for although chickens are not, technically speaking, flightless birds, like ostriches or dodos, nor are they known for their ability to easily “lift off,” as we say nowadays.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood


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