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kennel

noun

Definition of kennel

as in cage

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as in trench

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Recent Examples of kennel Linda Blair is looking on the bright side of her recent kennel crisis. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Aug. 2026 Officials alleged the kennel permits expired in 2023 and claimed multiple attempts to contact the property owner had gone unanswered. — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026 Animal control officials, along with the Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning, conducted the search of the property that the officials suspected was being used as a kennel operation with more than 100 dogs present. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2026 In normal conditions, one dog would have access to both sides of the kennel, with one side used for eating and resting and the other side used for the dog to relieve itself. — Miami Herald, 14 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for kennel

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Noun

Metal cages enclose the ends of the tube to prevent beavers from chewing or destroying them.

— Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 27 Aug. 2026
After descending in a metal cage elevator, Riff Raff removes his cape, revealing Frank-N-Furter in a corset, fishnets and pearls.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of cage

Noun

Add the chicest pair of clogs, slim-line sneakers, and the most versatile trench below to your cart.

— Anna Traver, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026
The film, set in the Belgian trenches of the First World War, follows the love between two young soldiers who try, through art and intimacy, to escape the horrors around them.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of trench

Noun

Teachers collected paper, sticky notes, pens and pencils, markers, crayons, picture books.

— Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 31 Aug. 2026
Standing in a holding pen for inmates, wearing orange jail attire, Holdo looked back at Savery almost admiringly, at times bowing his head.

— Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of pen

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The trio were found hiding in a ditch about 200 yards from where they were pulled over, according to the news release.

— Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 31 Aug. 2026
The deceased victim was allegedly taking a smoke break while working on a rental property when at least five stray dogs lunged at him and dragged him across the street into a ditch, according to KMOV.

— Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of ditch

Noun

The 16,900-pound beam was brought to West Point as part of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation’s Steel Across America tour, a nationwide commemoration marking the 25th anniversary of the attacks.

— Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Each morning, Italian fishermen unload crates of scuttling crabs from the backs of their cars and trucks, 100-150 kilograms (up to 330 pounds) at a time.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of pound

Noun

Standing urinals in the form of gutters are found at some Roman public buildings, such as the Colosseum.

— Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026
The documents detail a sprawling crime scene filled with bullet holes and littered with shell casings recovered from around the church, the neighboring playground and as far away as the walls and gutters of houses in the surrounding neighborhood.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of gutter

Noun

Kept in coops throughout the region, the birds are routinely tested for viruses.

— Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
Outside, the lush grounds host a 55-foot pool with a spillover spa, a kitchen and bar barbecue setup, a meditation garden with an infrared sauna, a stream, and a chicken—or peacock—coop.

— Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of coop

Noun

Ducking into Maryam Lashkari, Hodjat Salimi and Oscar Tuazon’s interactive sculpture — an enormous cardboard tube lying on its side — feels like entering a culvert or a bomb shelter.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
In particular, Gastevich said the flooding problems have been created because of a blockage of the nearby Kemper Ditch and a culvert.

— Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

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