coop
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Their farmhouse was already old when I first saw it in 1966, complete with a chicken coop out back.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
“Unlike apartment life, townhouses offer the freedom of full independence: no shared walls, no coop boards or common lobbies, no neighbors above or below,” it reads.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
The gated lot has a chicken coop, a horse corral, an organic garden and fruit trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2026
Which is a bit like saying, don’t worry: The fox got the go-ahead from rest of his den before invading the chicken coop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Meadowlark and I are just sitting down on a stack of logs next to the coop to catch our breath when we notice a tall figure crunching toward us across the field.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Residents report bears rummaging through trash, raiding chicken coops and—like any good Southern Californian—dipping into backyard pools.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
Where the animals go after that is up to them, and although there have been some attacks on chicken coops, Sarmento says there have not been many.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2025
I used reference images that I took when I visited the land in Apple Valley and images of other chicken coops that I’ve been looking at.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
"Fish may simply not encounter much ammonium in the water, while chicken coops are filled with ammonium that needs to be avoided and not eaten."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2023
Apparently, word has gotten out about cheap, local, handcrafted coops.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
A lot of workers end up cooped up in their office all day, never taking, or being able to take, time to step outdoors for fresh air.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
Now in disgrace, Prince Andrew is claimed to spend his time, when not riding or golfing, cooped up watching aviation videos and reading thrillers, with The Talented Mr Ripley said to be his favourite.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025
Garrett Pomerantz, USC outside linebacker and Moss’ former roommate, remembered visiting his friend and his family while they were cooped up at a hotel after the Palisades fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2025
Airlines were helped in 2023 by strong demand for travel from people who had spent most of the pandemic cooped up at home.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
Couldn’t he see that being cooped up with Grandma when she was going full throttle was driving me to the brink of insanity?
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
We also don’t mean cooping up post-exposure to a pathogen to contain the threat.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2021
There is still one authorized cooping location: the precinct station house itself.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2014
In New York City, large numbers of policemen seem to have the sleeping-on-duty habit, which they call "cooping."
From Time Magazine Archive
All those years of aloofness, of cooping herself up and not caring where Laila went and whom she saw and what she thought...
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
I’d rather be outside with the men, rounding up the goats and cooping the chickens for the night, feeling hot inside my coat from the effort as my breath fogs out in the cold.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
