prawn
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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
Lunch was roast rack of lamb with an Asian-style marinade, prawn tacos with pineapple salsa and a strawberry ginger trifle.
From New York Times ● May 1, 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
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"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
Broiled prawns in a gochujang butter, garlic, and chives were served sizzling hot.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2025
The prawns measured in at approximately 68 becquerels per kilogram.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2025
During the 12-hour shifts on the water, the pair catch prawns, lobsters and brown crab which is then taken to a local factory and shipped off to places like Spain and France.
From BBC ● May 12, 2025
He was extremely glad he hadn’t dined on garlic soup, curried prawns and avocado salad.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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