chicken
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Current demand is gangbusters, but spending is a game of chicken until multiple factor-of-10 improvements kick in and prices collapse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
But another chicken chain is drawing a line.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 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
Backed by Oprah Winfrey, True Food Kitchen says it serves nutrient-dense meals including pasta, salads and chicken dishes with thoughtfully sourced ingredients.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
“That’s like the thing with the urban chicken people.”
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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
The elderly grimace, hobbling on crutches, and wide-eyed children stare, cradling chickens carried from homes they were forced to leave behind.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
“Now all the chickens are coming to roost here at the end of the year,” said Melissa Wall of Aprio, an accounting and advisory firm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
We had a neighbor—an old bachelor—who let the chickens into his house.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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