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prawn

[prawn] / prɔn /


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Right now, I’m getting the melon salad, egg plate and the spotted prawn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Massara, an Italian restaurant in New York City, even serves a cold pasta: a chilled spaghetti with red prawn and briny, decadent sea urchin.

From Salon ● May 30, 2025

Products like albacore tuna and spot prawn can come from Vancouver, B.C.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2023

Denmark’s smørrebrød: Butter dark rye bread and add sliced avocado, prawn mayo and chives.

From BBC ● May 10, 2023

Trapped in my bond in this wretched life, I felt like the river prawn we’d found that day.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Depending on the day, they’ll have six or 21 of the prawns, so sometimes they’ll hold me one when they know I’m coming in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

"Everything is there. I was stuck here," he told AFP in Karachi, near the well-known Bengali market where he peddles desiccated fish and prawns to make ends meet for $7 to $9 per day.

From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026

“It had sardines, I believe, anchovy, tuna, and prawns on it,” Skimehorn said.

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025

Many US buyers have paused new orders for prawns as trade talks with Washington continue, Seafood Exporters Association of India secretary-general K N Raghavan told the BBC.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025

Today, someone else was in it, haggling with a buyer over a mound of fat prawns.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook


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