henhouse

Example Sentences

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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

As for those parents who did object, Adams said, that was generally a good sign for his movement: "The right people are freaking out because the fox is in the henhouse."

From Salon • Oct. 10, 2023

But ten or twelve inches of this one hung down the side of the henhouse with his mean-looking head in the dust.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck