fillet
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You could have customers showing up ordering a feast of fillet steaks because they got an inside tip on your generosity.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
When people hear the word ceviche, they often picture a pristine fillet of fish and a corresponding dent in their grocery budget.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026
Make sure to buy two fish so everyone gets a fillet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
"They were ordering T-bone steaks, fillet steaks, double desserts, they wanted two brownies on a plate," said Mr Cangelosi.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2024
“It’s a solar hibachi,” Miss Ohio explained, serving up a perfectly done fillet.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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Inside a waterfront factory, workers in hairnets and blue overalls are sorting freshly caught cod and haddock, and machines process the fish into fillets, mostly bound for Europe.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
First devised in 1828 by English grocer John Osborn, Gentleman’s Relish is a punchy blend of mashed anchovy fillets, butter and a secret blend of spices and herbs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
By gently pulling apart the fillets with forceps and using a dissecting microscope, the team was able to count them accurately.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 1, 2026
I’ll stop at Gelson’s, and they’ve got two grass-fed fillets that are relatively reasonable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
She pulled a bag of frozen fish fillets from the packed freezer and arranged six on a baking sheet.
From "George" by Alex Gino
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A few days later, Naiser headed home to Louisville, Ky., after a stop in Michigan, where he dropped off the fish—49 pounds, 63.5 inches—to be filleted and mounted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
"Customers understand that it's a luxury dish," chef Tomoyuki Takashino said from behind the stove as he skewered an eel he had just killed and filleted.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
Ezra Klein gets filleted on the regular—same with Maureen Dowd.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2025
The former president filleted him with cool disdain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2024
I go up and down the ramp, taking fish off the charter boats, then dropping them off at the top to be filleted for the tourists.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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At first, the farewell - and then the filleting.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2025
Remove any remaining white pith from each piece with a sharp knife and a filleting motion.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2022
But those were mostly the function of an offense unable to hit shots, not a filleting of one of the NBA’s top defenses, as Adebayo had done.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2021
In the women’s draw it is being generated by a mix of old and young aspirants after the filleting of the top 10 which left only seventh seed Karolina Pliskova upright after six days.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 8, 2018
By the time four bells struck, Sefia was exhausted, but she could wield her Vision with the precision of a filleting knife.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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