crab

Example Sentences

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Families rent crab pots and put their catch in plastic buckets held by delighted children.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

And, predictably, when they do find crab, there is much joy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

The team then combined these observations with data from a previously published crab phylogeny that mapped the evolutionary relationships of Brachyura using 10 genes from 344 species across most major lineages.

From Science Daily • May 2, 2026

It also works across the board: flaked salmon with lemon and herbs, crab with celery and a lot of black pepper.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

Their grandmother had packed a bag of fruit and some cold crab, left over from yesterday’s lunch.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt