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as in penitentiaries
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 coops
Behind that are chicken coops sure to entrance youngsters.
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John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
Make sure chicken coops and livestock are protected.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025
John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
Make sure chicken coops and livestock are protected.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coops
Noun
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After his conviction, Gray was sent to Angola, one of the most violent penitentiaries in the country at the time.—
Richard A. Webster,
ProPublica,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Now, Russia’s and Ukraine’s Soviet-era tanks rumble across the battlefield covered in anti-drone nets and spikes, dangling chains and unwieldy cages.—
Marco Hernandez,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Remove tomato cages or stakes and place them in the storage shed.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Brown passed through courts and prisons like other people suffering mental health disorders, said Weaver, the Charlotte NAMI director.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Sep. 2025
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The facility, Algoa Correctional Center, is one of four Missouri prisons with no air conditioning in any of the housing units.—
Ivy Scott,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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Nance learned pipe welding from his uncle, who built fencing for corrals.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
10 Sep. 2025
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Then, there's Dumbell Ranch, which has a main house, a bunkhouse, a mobile home for employees, several historic barns, and corrals, and even a few working shops.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Aug. 2025
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More than 250 people have died while in the agency’s custody in county jails since 2006, a mortality rate significantly higher than in other large jail systems in the state.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Sep. 2025
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The agency investigates all in-custody deaths which occur in Kansas jails and prisons unless the inmate who died was being regularly attended by a physician or the death is ruled natural by an autopsy.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Coops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coops. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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