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barbecue

[bahr-bi-kyoo] / ˈbɑr bɪˌkyu /
NOUN
meal cooked on grill
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VERB
cook outside, usually on a grill
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If you can’t track any down, hack your way to a solution by mixing gochujang with Southern barbecue sauce.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Nearby, a man fanned skewers sizzling on a barbecue grill while a couple played badminton and retirees sang cheerfully on a park bench.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Taken as a whole, the feel is something of a fair, like hanging out with Bluey and Bingo at a backyard barbecue.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

The case of best friends Holly and Jessica vanishing after leaving a family barbecue in August 2002 gripped not just the tight-knit community in Soham, but the world.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

We pulled a load of heavy cans and propane canisters and a welded hibachi barbecue in the trailer cart we’d found out back of the resort, along with Minerva’s share of the camp carry.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline




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