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Hens may soon rule the roost in Spring Hill as the city's board of mayor and aldermen continue to discuss changes to an ordinance limiting the number of birds allowed on a person's property.
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Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 28 July 2025
Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office is on the case, but the peafowls’ disappearance is no less painful for the grand old hotel’s visitors and its employees who for years have watched the proud birds rule the roost.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2025
At present, country music and Stateside stars such as Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan continue to rule the roost on the U.K. charts.
—Sophie Williams, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2025
Israel, meanwhile, is watching events in Syria with a mix of relief and worry — relief that Assad, who turned Syria into an Iranian outpost, is gone and worry that jihadists could now rule the roost.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 10 Dec. 2024
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Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 28 July 2025
Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office is on the case, but the peafowls’ disappearance is no less painful for the grand old hotel’s visitors and its employees who for years have watched the proud birds rule the roost.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2025
At present, country music and Stateside stars such as Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan continue to rule the roost on the U.K. charts.
—Sophie Williams, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2025
Israel, meanwhile, is watching events in Syria with a mix of relief and worry — relief that Assad, who turned Syria into an Iranian outpost, is gone and worry that jihadists could now rule the roost.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Rule the roost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rule%20the%20roost. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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