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chicken

[chik-uhn] / ˈtʃɪk ən /




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‘Prawned cocktail, coronation chicken, Black Forest gateau, onion soup. Done properly, they’re all delicious. Where’s all that kind of food gone?’

From Slate Aug. 15, 2026

Timing my visit to avoid weekend crowds, I ate a dinner of chicken in tasty mole negro at Three Cultures Kitchen, which opened last year.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Restaurant chains have tried to refine their chicken-sandwich recipes ever since Popeye’s chicken sandwich went viral about seven years ago.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

At home, annual inflation is running over 80%, with chicken prices up 190% from a year earlier and milk up 150%.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

But he knew, too, that there must be some chicken livers here.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

Of course being headless chickens we can’t think much.

From Salon Aug. 7, 2026

"There's a lot of poo that comes out of the chickens," she said.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Facing rising costs for fuel and feed even as demand for his chickens drops, he recently had to freeze a third of his production for the first time ever.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

“My father built a cabin and gardened; we raised chickens and sheep. My mother was a schoolteacher who sewed all my clothes and dolls.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

I gathered wood in my arms, and the chickens pecked around my feet for the bugs that dropped from the logs.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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