henhouse
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Is this a fox in the henhouse scenario, they ask?
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
Therein lies what might be “Anniversary’s” biggest warning: Don’t let the fox into the henhouse, even if it seems rude not to.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025
It is relevant because trusting the very agency that has been responsible for the myriad problems plaguing Arizona’s death-penalty system is a classic instance of letting the fox guard the henhouse.
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2025
“It’s the fox guarding the henhouse and they should not be at the table when it’s governments who have the jurisdiction to regulate,” Su said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2023
Disappointed, he left the stable, the two dogs following him into the sunlit yard, and disappeared into the henhouse.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
And there’s always the frightening prospect that wild birds could carry the virus into the henhouses needed in vaccine production.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2024
While you can buy premade henhouses for as little as a few hundred dollars, most are flimsy.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2023
Department of Agriculture, would eliminate loopholes that have let some of the biggest egg producers claim the federally administered "organic" label by installing open-air porches on henhouses in lieu of providing access to pasture.
From Reuters ● Aug. 9, 2022
I envied friends with henhouses by the garden, amiable Araucanas and elegant Australorps clucking and foraging bugs.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2022
And there was a very big enclosure for the hens, with five henhouses in it, like the one in which I hid.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
