coop

Example Sentences

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With your mortgage soon to be paid off and your kids flying the coop, you could supercharge your retirement savings.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

Don Knotts, “Mr. Chicken” himself, was ready to fly the coop out of L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

In short, the wolves are watching the chicken coop.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2026

You had an M.B.A. and were living in a chicken coop without running water.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

“It may not have been a Great Oration, but at least there was plenty of it,” she thought with pride as she trotted toward the chicken coop.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood