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Recent Examples of henhouse
Some have compared the idea of doctors setting their own payscale to the proverbial fox guarding the henhouse.
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Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024
The fossil fuel foxes are guarding the climate henhouse, both in the United States and internationally.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Once the syringe was full, it was taken to the henhouse, where Mason would pin hens chest-down while another worker inserted the contents of the syringe into the hen using an air compressor.
—Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 27 Nov. 2024
And at the ranch, Cara and Lizzie (Michelle Randolph) find that, in Season 2 anyway, even a trip to the henhouse (or the front porch!) can turn into a life-or-death situation.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2025
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Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024
The fossil fuel foxes are guarding the climate henhouse, both in the United States and internationally.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Once the syringe was full, it was taken to the henhouse, where Mason would pin hens chest-down while another worker inserted the contents of the syringe into the hen using an air compressor.
—Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 27 Nov. 2024
And at the ranch, Cara and Lizzie (Michelle Randolph) find that, in Season 2 anyway, even a trip to the henhouse (or the front porch!) can turn into a life-or-death situation.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for henhouse
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At the very top of the house, in a former dovecote with oxeye windows, there’s now a yoga studio and a roof deck with a hair-raising view of the river valley.—
Jo Rodgers,
Vogue,
3 May 2024
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Surrounded by redwood trees, the half-timbered home has multiple rooflines and gables, three stand-alone dovecotes that look like little towers, and a fence of irregularly curving bricks.—
Erika Mailman,
WSJ,
9 Mar. 2023
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The first was named after the legislature of the Texas Republic, although the first capitol, a log structure tucked behind a defensive stockade, rose not on Congress, but at West Eighth and Colorado streets.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American-Statesman,
3 Sep. 2024
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Buildings that were part of the stockade were then dismantled, and the wood planks were reused to build homes located throughout Marietta.—
Erin Couch,
The Enquirer,
15 July 2024
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On the day of the rettir, hundreds of sheep are released into a central wooden sheepfold that’s surrounded by marked compartments—one belonging to each local farmer—that jut out from the inner circle like rays of the sun.—
Laura Kiniry,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Oct. 2022
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This tidy residence in the western Swiss village of Etoy was built in 1830 as a sheepfold.—
Lauren Beale,
Forbes,
30 Aug. 2021
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In fact, by 1978, black children could be shot on sight for leaving their family's kraal, or homestead.—
Alexandra Fuller,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Aug. 2020
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Inspired by a traditional kraal (village) and surrounded by four savannahs, the lodge is home to 30 wildlife species — zebras, giraffes, flamingos, and gazelles — some of which can be spotted wandering past room windows.—
Alisha Prakash,
Travel + Leisure,
8 July 2020
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Jeffrey’s game plan was to hold Murad Ramazanov against the cage and chip away with strikes in close.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Today's demonstrations show the strength of our growing movement, powered by people of all walks of life coming together to demand investments in our communities, not more cages.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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The penial fold, however, is asymmetrical, earning the species its name, researchers said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2025
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In the blood, two types of antibodies (IgA and IgG) increased by several fold after vaccination compared with the placebo group.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
6 Mar. 2025
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Neighbors exchange seeds, fix each other’s chicken coops and feed each other’s children who wander up to the door for a snack.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2025
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From a strictly horticultural perspective, nothing nourishes plants better than a compost made from chicken manure and chicken coop bedding.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Henhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/henhouse. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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