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shrimp

[shrimp] / ʃrɪmp /








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The restaurant makes eight varieties of potstickers in-house, including kimchi pork, curry chicken, butternut squash and shrimp, and vegan options like tofu with mushroom and kale.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

Directions Combine the shrimp, fish or chickpeas with the lime juice, onion, jalapeño and cilantro.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

"For the next week we just had tuna every day, it was a bit like Forrest Gump and the shrimp, we had curried tuna, fried tuna, battered tuna, beer-battered tuna, raw tuna."

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

If not, we’d go to Musso & Frank Grill to get a shrimp cocktail and steak dinner.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Looking down and to his left, he saw Ravenel shimmering across the river, the white yachts gleaming under marina lights, and shrimp boats ghostly below their nets.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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