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chicken

[chik-uhn] / ˈtʃɪk ən /




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The food he did receive included spoiled broth and rotten chicken.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

Orders of chicken wings spike dramatically during National Football League and National Basketball Association games—so much so that the chain has to cook wings before they have even been ordered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

It has also found a niche in a market over-saturated with chicken tenders and other fried options, Chief Executive Williams said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

“When you look at the options for grilled chicken across the country, there’s no national player serving grilled chicken,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

It contained all of Sadako’s favorite foods—an egg roll, chicken and rice, pickled plums, and bean cakes.

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr

Obviously brilliant, he halfheartedly raised chickens and did substitute teaching.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

That same scribe confirmed that bands of chickens roving near the Hollywood Freeway were indeed real and not an urban legend in 2000.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

Genetic material from domesticated animals was also present, including cattle, pigs, chickens, dogs, and cats.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

In 2025, a report by the Danish Veterinary and Food Authority found that using slower growing chickens was linked to better animal welfare.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Apparently he wasn’t very good at getting along with the chickens on their farm; seems he saw them more as prey than his farm friends.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam


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