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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
Double up the security on chicken coops by adding hardware cloth or chicken wire to weak spots.
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2024
Farm Blanc et Rouge sits on a peaceful 42 acres, with guests encouraged to walk the trails, warm themselves by the fire pit and visit Chez Poulet, the adorable chicken coop.
—Catherine Garcia, The Week Us, theweek, 7 Aug. 2024
Sunflower residents prepare to evacuate for Sand Stone Fire, emergency closure ordered Officials still assessing damage after Hickman's Family Farms chicken coop fire Employee killed after accident at construction site in Paradise Valley Aidan Apel, 17, killed in driver’s seat of his car.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 30 July 2024
Eggs just collected from the coop are being cracked into glass bowls on their way to becoming breakfast.
—Eliza Berman, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2024
Farm Blanc et Rouge sits on a peaceful 42 acres, with guests encouraged to walk the trails, warm themselves by the fire pit and visit Chez Poulet, the adorable chicken coop.
—Catherine Garcia, The Week Us, theweek, 7 Aug. 2024
Sunflower residents prepare to evacuate for Sand Stone Fire, emergency closure ordered Officials still assessing damage after Hickman's Family Farms chicken coop fire Employee killed after accident at construction site in Paradise Valley Aidan Apel, 17, killed in driver’s seat of his car.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 30 July 2024
Eggs just collected from the coop are being cracked into glass bowls on their way to becoming breakfast.
—Eliza Berman, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coop
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From a federal penitentiary in Virginia, Jose Landa-Rodriguez reconnected with an old friend in California.Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
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But there’s a war out there in Tulsa, whose lucrative drug trade is not being overseen by the usual cartel, but by a native tribe chief (Graham Greene) who runs the Indian Brotherhood from a state penitentiary.Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2024
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Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manhã reports that the animals were accepted on their aircraft after reportedly being meant to be on an earlier flight and being denied entry due to the condition of their cages.Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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Five people were arrested after Kentucky officials found a naked toddler locked inside a cage.Jenna Sundel, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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Smollett spent less than a week in jail after an Illinois appeals court granted an emergency motion by his attorneys to delay his sentence and grant him bail until their appeal is resolved, CNN previously reported.Megan Thomas, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
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Doing so can result in a $500 fine and up to 30 days in jail.Nate Chute, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Another suspect, Gary Howard Oliva, who spent eight years in prison on child pornography charges, was first named as a person of interest in a 2002 episode of the CBS show 48 Hours Investigates.Emily Blackwood, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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The judge in the case reduced that sentence to eight years in prison and a $15,100 fine — with three of those eight years to be served in home detention — with Kennedy also ordered to serve five years of probation and undergo random drug testing and mental health counseling.Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Coop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coop. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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