henhouse

Example Sentences

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Is this a fox in the henhouse scenario, they ask?

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

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

Su disagrees, saying: “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.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2023

Jordan Adams, as it happened, was exactly the fox they wanted to eject from their own henhouse.

From Salon • Oct. 10, 2023

I knew I hadn’t put the chickens in the henhouse before I left.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones