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coop

[koop, koop] / kup, kʊp /




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Aminah's neighbour also reported seeing dead chickens near her coop.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

“Unlike apartment life, townhouses offer the freedom of full independence: no shared walls, no coop boards or common lobbies, no neighbors above or below,” it reads.

From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026

The gated lot has a chicken coop, a horse corral, an organic garden and fruit trees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2026

In short, the wolves are watching the chicken coop.

From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2026

The rest of the items had to be brought to the chicken coop right away for safekeeping.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

The coops even feature conversation prompts for the table.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

They also advise that locals keep vehicles free of food, lock doors and windows, and use electric fencing to protect beehives and chicken coops.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025

"This can lead to uneasiness within locals. We've been strengthening the coops so lynxes can't access them, and in some cases we keep monitoring the lynxes and scare them off if needed."

From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2025

"Fish may simply not encounter much ammonium in the water, while chicken coops are filled with ammonium that needs to be avoided and not eaten."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2023

We rebuilt the chicken coops and stables and began to plan an irrigation system so the crops wouldn’t have to depend on the weather.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

Martin-Coppen added: "We are not talking small animals. We are talking pure muscle, pure power, untrained, cooped up in a small house."

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

A lot of workers end up cooped up in their office all day, never taking, or being able to take, time to step outdoors for fresh air.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025

“Thanks to the birds, I have never felt cooped up staying at home. So much remains new, so much can be discovered,” she writes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2024

When COVID-19 first began spreading around the world, and cities went into lockdown, many people joked that keeping couples cooped up in their homes would lead to a baby boom.

From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2024

“Feel fine. Don’t like being cooped up like this. I want my creaky swing and lopsided porch. Don’t want anybody poking around in here”—he tapped at his chest—“cutting me open and messing around with things.”

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech

We also don’t mean cooping up post-exposure to a pathogen to contain the threat.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2021

There is still one authorized cooping location: the precinct station house itself.

From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2014

In New York City, large numbers of policemen seem to have the sleeping-on-duty habit, which they call "cooping."

From Time Magazine Archive

I’d rather be outside with the men, rounding up the goats and cooping the chickens for the night, feeling hot inside my coat from the effort as my breath fogs out in the cold.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

I forgot my earlier ambivalence, and I blamed Papa for everything: his young woman, his hurting Mama, his cooping me up while he went gallivanting around.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez




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