coop
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Don Knotts, “Mr. Chicken” himself, was ready to fly the coop out of L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
You had an M.B.A. and were living in a chicken coop without running water.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
The home features a “state-of-the-art gym and wellness area,” a home theater, a catering kitchen, a tennis court, a vegetable garden, a chicken coop, and a koi pond.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2025
If you, like me, are a connoisseur of ridiculous how-to TV, said pastime fits the profile of a woman of means with a backyard chicken coop and a Viking range.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2025
Uncle Chester’s efforts had included a chicken coop, but it wasn’t fenced.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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
"This can lead to uneasiness within locals. We've been strengthening the coops so lynxes can't access them, and in some cases we keep monitoring the lynxes and scare them off if needed."
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2025
"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
Domesticated wild cats attempt to find their way into the chicken coops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2023
Winston showed Thomas around for the first hour, pointing out which pens held which animals, where the chicken and turkey coops were, what went where in the barn.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
"To be cooped up from 4pm - and I didn't get back to my hotel until nearly 2am - that's almost 10 hours to watch 90 minutes of football," he said.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025
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
“Thanks to the birds, I have never felt cooped up staying at home. So much remains new, so much can be discovered,” she writes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
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
I hadn’t spent time alone with Dedd since we were cooped up in Ojo de Agua together, two young girls waiting for their lives to happen.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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
I forgot my earlier ambivalence, and I blamed Papa for everything: his young woman, his hurting Mama, his cooping me up while he went gallivanting around.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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
