bull pens

noun

plural of bull pen
as in big houses

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  1. big houses
  2. tanks
  3. cages
  4. cells
  5. pens
  6. concentration camps
  7. brigs
  8. coolers
Noun
  • Boomers stayed in the workforce longer than expected, retired later, and held on to big houses as starter homes disappeared beneath them.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 June 2026
  • However, a lot of big houses have been built on smallish lots.
    — Richard Dahlberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
Definition of big houses
Noun
  • In May, at the manufacturing facility, which stores thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals in pressurized tanks used to produce materials such as plexiglass for fighter jet and commercial aircraft windows, one tank threatened to leak or explode.
    — Nilesh Christopher, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
  • But faced with the quantity and quality of Soviet tanks in the East, and British-American tanks in the West, the tank’s purpose became the achievement of total battlefield supremacy.
    — Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026
Definition of tanks
Noun
  • The episode opens with Reacher, Green, and Jacob in cages in some dank basement.
    — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Hunt and her team eventually traced the genetic changes to a new cleaning method eroding the polycarbonate cages that housed the animals.
    — Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of cages
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  • What’s more, his blood still contains T-cells that hunt down PRAME, suggesting that his body may now be able to eliminate further recurrences.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 12 Aug. 2026
  • As proteins are naturally broken down, small pieces are carried to the cell surface by surface display proteins, allowing immune cells to inspect them.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of cells
Noun
  • The state is no longer collecting sales tax on nonelectronic school supplies, which includes a long list of items like paper, notebooks, binder, pens, pencils and markers, rules and protractors, glue, highlighters, index cards and scissors.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026
  • On stocks two boxes of long-acting insulin pens from California’s new prescription drug label, CalRx, emblazoned with the state’s iconic grizzly bear.
    — Angela Hart — KFF Health News, STAT, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of pens
Noun
  • The final pages offered a physical and philosophical account of the concentration camps that was as disturbing in its implications as the newsreels shown in theatres at the war’s end.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Xinjiang is home to many Uyghurs, a Muslim minority that the Chinese government has subjected to surveillance, forced labor and detainment in concentration camps.
    — Hailey Wang, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of concentration camps
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  • Cruise ships have brigs – or onboard jails – where they may be held, or they could be confined to their cabins, The Points Guy reported.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 15 July 2026
Definition of brigs
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  • Attendees can bring lawn chairs, picnic baskets and coolers to enjoy on the lawn, with food and beverages available for purchase.
    — Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Numerous foods were discarded and two coolers required repairs, according to the report.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of coolers
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