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. coolers
  8. penitentiaries
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
Noun
  • The agency ordered contractors to not use bars or cages when transporting families and unaccompanied children.
    — JACK BROOK, ABC News, 6 July 2026
  • Penalty kicks in concrete cages, long-range screamers in top-flight stadiums.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 28 June 2026
Definition of cages
Noun
  • Cetaphil’s formula addresses crepey skin by adding hydration, which helps to plump and smooth fine lines, while also working to rejuvenate skin cells and diminish signs of crepiness over time.
    — Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 8 July 2026
  • This loss is often the result of an autoimmune process in which the body's immune system mistakenly attacks those cells.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 8 July 2026
Definition of cells
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  • Single-dose Zepbound pens and Zepbound vials will not be covered by the bridge program.
    — Sony Salzman, ABC News, 1 July 2026
  • As soon as the game wrapped up, those guests shuffled out, and hours later were replaced by a rowdier group ordering shots at the bar, dancing to 2000s hits in front of the DJ booth and smoking vape pens on the outdoor patio.
    — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
Definition of pens
Noun
  • More than 250 were documented to have died in concentration camps.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2026
  • Other relatives were deported to the concentration camps Theresienstadt and Auschwitz.
    — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of concentration camps
Noun
  • Items including coolers, folding chairs, frisbees, balls, metal drink containers and aerosol cans — including spray sunscreen — are prohibited.
    — Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 5 July 2026
  • In it, Ventiva stacked its modular ionic coolers to handle a 45-watt-TDP prototype unit.
    — John Burek, PC Magazine, 5 July 2026
Definition of coolers
Noun
  • This includes providing the Colombian military more leeway in the field, signing a new security agreement with Washington and building 10 mega-prisons that mimic Bukele’s network of penitentiaries in El Salvador.
    — Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026
  • Behind bars in state penitentiaries in Gatesville and Marlin, Mejia felt forgotten.
    — Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
Definition of penitentiaries
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