chicken

Example Sentences

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“It has become a game of chicken between physical tightening and confidence that diplomacy or reopening headlines arrive before inventories become critically stressed.”

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

This week it was revealed a chicken sandwich is packing as much salt as five McDonald's cheeseburgers - putting it top of a naughty list of more than 500 sandwiches analysed.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

That fuel, the music itself, lends these imaginings a unique power, surpassing that of any other memory trigger—your grandmother’s chicken broth, for instance, or the sitcoms of your youth.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

While investors are focused on fuel, the chain’s chicken wings are becoming a capital-light source of traffic.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

There were chicken bones and chicken feathers and bits of yarn.

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