coop

Example Sentences

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When your kids have flown the coop, this is where you will probably spend your retirement years, so picture yourselves living there if/when you have reduced mobility.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 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

Fonterra said it expected the deal to be completed in the first half of 2026 pending regulatory approvals and the process of separating the consumer operations from the rest of the coop.

From Barron's • Oct. 30, 2025

Big Bear Lake’s famed bald eagle couple has flown the coop, and naturalists are pointing to the city’s July 4th fireworks celebration as the likely culprit.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2025

As the neutrons and protons fly the coop, they travel as radiation.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland