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

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

He emigrated to Israel with his family at the age of 13 and went on to help found Kibbutz Kissufim, where he worked in the chicken coop and eyewear factory.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2025

About thirty minutes later, Papa wiped the sweat from his brow and said, “It looks like those monkeys flew the coop, doesn’t it?”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls