slaughterhouse
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They’re not selling it and sending it to a slaughterhouse.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
He's written about slaughterhouse workers, the family behind Tyson Foods, the value of a 7-Eleven Slurpee, and the failed supermarket megamerger between Kroger and Albertsons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026
“We don’t want a slaughterhouse in Los Angeles County.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026
The Union Stock Yards in Chicago, the most modern slaughterhouse of the era, opened on Christmas Day in 1865 and marked a turning point for industrial beef production.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2024
“Won’t it be easier to jus’ find out where the slaughterhouse is at ’round here?”
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
The administration’s aim is to provide a financial safety net for smaller slaughterhouses at a time when meat processors are losing an estimated $300 per head of cattle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
"In addition to setting up that 20 kilometre zone, we've increased the amount of testing in the slaughterhouses," Muir said.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025
The link between disdain and action may not form, in the same way that people who don’t like slaughterhouses still eat steak.
From Slate ● Mar. 4, 2025
We often don’t want to think of the barbarism of the act, which is why slaughterhouses and factory farms are often located out in the middle of nowhere.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2024
Men were now trudging away from the shapeups at the other slaughterhouses, looking dejected and hopeless.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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