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barbecue

[bahr-bi-kyoo] / ˈbɑr bɪˌkju /
NOUN
meal cooked on grill
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VERB
cook outside, usually on a grill
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We usually end up at this Korean barbecue place called the House of Galbi in Encino.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Rather than declining invitations that you can’t afford, proffer your own invites for dinner or to a barbecue or the county fair.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

At his farm, which also offers glamping, Airbnb stays and a Texas-built smoker barbecue food trailer, he has only raised meat prices once over the last five years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

He was working from home on 13 August when he first noticed the smell of smoke, at first thinking someone was having a barbecue.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Then I looked down at the sand and actually found what was left of the little makeshift barbecue Mong had made.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

Around that time, he took on the role of grill master at the offensive line barbecues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Sample some new snacks: Summer barbecues are rife with potato-chip mediocrity.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

Hosted at King Charles III’s private estate in Aberdeenshire, the vacation is normally a time for the wider royal clan to get together, decompress, have barbecues and go hunting, away from the public eye.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

The government has also announced a temporary ban on the sale of disposable barbecues, saying they had been responsible for serious fires this summer.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

They have barbecues for neighbors and coach their children in sports.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Frank barbecued ribs in the yard, his mom served birria with rice and beans, and some 50 friends and classmates showed up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

I’ll always prefer Mom’s barbecued chicken, fried chicken and French fries, but I have branched out, trying an array of new, relatively tamer foods, ranging from albacore tuna to zucchini.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026

Orion wares include 58 tortillas, 43 cups of coffee, barbecued beef brisket and five types of hot sauce.

From Barron's ● Apr. 4, 2026

The smell of barbecued artichokes wafts along a row of dozens of tractors parked in central Barcelona, as rock music blares out of speakers, and wine is poured into plastic cups.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2024

I had not been barbecued I couldn’t even feel the Chimera poison boding in my veins anymore.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

"I can combine barbecuing with my previous work experience, which will be an advantage for me," Xu said after attending a class on editing videos for Douyin -- China's version of TikTok.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

“And my other favorite time is sunset in the upper bedroom or downstairs barbecuing something outdoors. The views really are spectacular.”

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026

Talde's "All Up In My Grill", which has run for 4 seasons on Tastemade, shows Talde exploring all that grilling, barbecuing and backyard yakitori-ing has to offer.

From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2025

But that didn’t stop him from sharing an “EXCLUSIVE” video last week that showed African immigrants in Dayton … barbecuing chicken.

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2024

He also liked barbecuing in his favorite stain-splattered red and white checked apron.

From "Scream for Ice Cream: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #2" by Carolyn Keene




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