chicken
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In life’s grand pursuit of perfect bites, the whole chicken at Cafe Commerce in New York City makes a strong bid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Sources told NBC News that Combs paid inmates to clean and cook special meals for him, including curry chicken, pizza and empanadas, and that the hip-hop and R&B music producer also receives Chinese-style massages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Similarly, Finnish driver Anita Mäkelä has won the European championship four times – three of them after a six-year break focusing on her children and running her family's chicken farm.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Sometimes I want the lemon flavor to be the whole point: a lemony avgolemono, for instance, or a chicken stew that tastes unabashedly citrusy.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
Hawk was a protective mother and the chicks, both grouse and chicken, grew fast and well.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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Now, as the bill comes due and interest rates rise, “the chickens are coming home to roost.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Looking across more than 550 million years of evolutionary history, the team found evidence of the same two-origin arrangement in chickens, zebrafish and even acorn worms.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 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 content showed off their idyllic life with adorable "rescue chickens" and fresh-grown strawberries, against the scenic backdrop of the Santa Ynez Mountains.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Down the rows of snowy-white and dappled-brown chickens he walked, yet not a creature stirred; one would think nothing unusual had ever happened in this chicken coop in the entire history of chickens.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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