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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
Like a fox guarding the henhouse, a top Colorado official allowed election conspiracy theorists to access confidential voter records, prosecutors told the jury in the trial against former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters.
—John Frank, Axios, 12 Aug. 2024
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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
Like a fox guarding the henhouse, a top Colorado official allowed election conspiracy theorists to access confidential voter records, prosecutors told the jury in the trial against former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters.
—John Frank, Axios, 12 Aug. 2024
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“Henhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/henhouse. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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henhouse
noun
hen·house
ˈhen-ˌhau̇s 
: a house or shelter for fowl and especially for domestic chickens
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