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
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  • 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
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  • One of Stallone's earliest gigs was cleaning the lion cages at Central Park Zoo.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The girl is his daughter Natalia, and the birds reference his grandfather who kept a collection as pets in cages.
    — Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of cages
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  • Most breast cancer cases in older women are estrogen-receptor positive (ER+), meaning that tumor cells have receptors that bind to estrogen and trigger cancer growth.
    — Allessandra DiCorato, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Looking through small microscopes implanted in the mice’s heads, Patel’s team zoomed in on a particular subset of brain cells, called somatostatin neurons, as the animals reacted to the fox urine scent.
    — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of cells
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  • As the air alarm sounds over Izium, the children drop their drawing pens, tubes of glue, and felt-cutting scissors in unison and make for the door.
    — Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Nail Polish Pens Create your own nail art or tackle quick touch ups with precision polish pens that dry in about 60 seconds.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of pens
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  • By 1941, Thyssen tried to flee from the Nazis, but was caught and sent to the Sachsenhausen and Dachau concentration camps.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 28 Sep. 2026
  • In the 1930s, the Nazi government used a variety of forms of public data including tax returns and census records to help identify Jews who would be rounded up and sent to concentration camps where millions were killed.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 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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  • Nieman also described how the district is using nearly 200 spot coolers at a cost of $550 per unit per week.
    — Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Canadian wildfire smoke kept people home, and a wall of coolers collapsed during a power outage.
    — Veronica Ortega, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of coolers
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