henhouse
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Origin of henhouse
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Is this a fox in the henhouse scenario, they ask?
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
Therein lies what might be “Anniversary’s” biggest warning: Don’t let the fox into the henhouse, even if it seems rude not to.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025
It is relevant because trusting the very agency that has been responsible for the myriad problems plaguing Arizona’s death-penalty system is a classic instance of letting the fox guard the henhouse.
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2025
“It’s the fox guarding the henhouse and they should not be at the table when it’s governments who have the jurisdiction to regulate,” Su said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2023
Oh, Grandma, I thought, that is the same moon and the same stars that will be over your grape arbor and your henhouse tomorrow.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
And there’s always the frightening prospect that wild birds could carry the virus into the henhouses needed in vaccine production.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2024
While you can buy premade henhouses for as little as a few hundred dollars, most are flimsy.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2023
Giving chickens access to pasture rather than confining them to henhouses is considered more humane treatment.
From Reuters ● Aug. 9, 2022
I envied friends with henhouses by the garden, amiable Araucanas and elegant Australorps clucking and foraging bugs.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2022
I remember thinking as I watched a hen going into one of the henhouses, “Ah, now I’ll follow her and see what happens.”
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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