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as in penitentiary
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
was thrown in the coop for disturbing the peace
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Recent Examples of coop
The truth is that nobody really wants to read about the razing of a single home, or chicken coop, or even school.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
Zoom in: Rent The Chicken offers delivery and setup up of a coop on wheels, two or four young egg-laying hens, chicken feed, and food dishes for a five-to-six month rental period in D.C. and its suburbs.
—Carly Mallenbaum, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
Two people are accused of keeping a child locked in a chicken coop for long periods in extreme weather, New Mexico police reported.
—Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 19 Feb. 2025
To reduce the risk, the CDC advises those with backyard chicken coops to wear personal protective equipment, like gloves, when handling any sick or dead birds.
—Megan Forrester, ABC News, 13 Feb. 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
Zoom in: Rent The Chicken offers delivery and setup up of a coop on wheels, two or four young egg-laying hens, chicken feed, and food dishes for a five-to-six month rental period in D.C. and its suburbs.
—Carly Mallenbaum, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
Two people are accused of keeping a child locked in a chicken coop for long periods in extreme weather, New Mexico police reported.
—Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 19 Feb. 2025
To reduce the risk, the CDC advises those with backyard chicken coops to wear personal protective equipment, like gloves, when handling any sick or dead birds.
—Megan Forrester, ABC News, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coop
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In Oklahoma, 56-year-old Wendell Grissom was declared dead by lethal injection at the penitentiary in McAlester at 10:13 a.m.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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Salvador's Presidency Press Office via AFP - Getty Images Origins in prison Tren de Aragua began in the 2000s in a notorious penitentiary in north-central Venezuela, where gang leaders at one point had their own zoo, nightclub and bank inside the prison.—
David Noriega,
NBC News,
18 Mar. 2025
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The program incorporates futsal, cage football and mandatory dance classes.—
Robert Kidd,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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The men in the cage match were attacking each other with a screwdriver.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
23 Mar. 2025
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As Ortega is held at a Rikers Island jail pending his next court appearance, police are still working to track down his machete-wielding partner in crime and are asking for the public’s help in identifying him.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Willie Frank Peterson, 52, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine in 2023, and was sentenced to six years and three months in jail.—
Andrea Margolis,
Fox News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Three days later, his immigration attorney was able to reach an ICE official who confirmed that his client was in a prison in another country.—
Brian Bennett,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
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The Tate brothers were held in a Romanian prison until March 2023, when they were released on house arrest.—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Coop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coop. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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