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Recent Examples of sheepfoldOn the day of the rettir, hundreds of sheep are released into a central wooden sheepfold that’s surrounded by marked compartments—one belonging to each local farmer—that jut out from the inner circle like rays of the sun.—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Oct. 2022 This tidy residence in the western Swiss village of Etoy was built in 1830 as a sheepfold.—Lauren Beale, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021 Later, we were married in a sheepfold overlooking the ribbon of river that winds through small agricultural plots and quiet towns huddled up against the road.—Kyre Chenven, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2018
State police said detectives reportedly found Torres Jr. in possession of a wax fold containing a white powdery substance, as well as a two-way portable radio.
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Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
5 Feb. 2025
The only evidence of her previous weight was excess folds of skin.
At the very top of the house, in a former dovecote with oxeye windows, there’s now a yoga studio and a roof deck with a hair-raising view of the river valley.
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Jo Rodgers,
Vogue,
3 May 2024
Surrounded by redwood trees, the half-timbered home has multiple rooflines and gables, three stand-alone dovecotes that look like little towers, and a fence of irregularly curving bricks.
However, one of agriculture’s most potent biological threats, a virulent strain of avian influenza, has infiltrated henhouses over the past three years, roiling the $40 billion industry.
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Laurent Belsie,
The Christian Science Monitor,
22 Jan. 2025
Amazon's latest retail media announcement - offering its advertising technology to other retailers - might seem like asking competitors to invite the fox into the henhouse.
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Perri Ormont Blumberg,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2021
If the Hogs couldn’t win the day in their pigpen, with Bryce Young sidelined since the second quarter with a sprained shoulder, after scoring 23 straight points in the midst of a rare, extended Alabama meltdown, will this ridiculous streak ever end?
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Kevin Scarbinsky | Special to AL.com,
al,
2 Oct. 2022
The first was named after the legislature of the Texas Republic, although the first capitol, a log structure tucked behind a defensive stockade, rose not on Congress, but at West Eighth and Colorado streets.
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Michael Barnes,
Austin American-Statesman,
3 Sep. 2024
Buildings that were part of the stockade were then dismantled, and the wood planks were reused to build homes located throughout Marietta.
In fact, by 1978, black children could be shot on sight for leaving their family's kraal, or homestead.
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Alexandra Fuller,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Aug. 2020
Inspired by a traditional kraal (village) and surrounded by four savannahs, the lodge is home to 30 wildlife species — zebras, giraffes, flamingos, and gazelles — some of which can be spotted wandering past room windows.
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