skewer
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Hunched over sizzling grills and shrouded in smoke, trainees at the Yueyang Barbecue Academy in southern China roast skewer after skewer of succulent beef tendon, perfecting the skills that could land them a restaurant job.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Since they formed in 2019, the artists have gained an international reputation for employing the slick tropes of marketing and fashion to playfully skewer consumerism and supply-chain systems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
The play, which is having its Los Angeles premiere at Pasadena Playhouse, seems like it could have been commissioned to skewer this destructive, benighted and completely mortifying anti-science moment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2025
If you want to go the skewer route: pick one cheese and one meat, attach them to a long toothpick separated by some sort of produce like a tomato, strawberry, grape or basil leaf.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2025
The Grand High Witch whipped round as though someone had stuck a skewer into her bottom.
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
The app has boosted lesser-known businesses and sent tourists in droves to unconventional locations such as Zibo, a quiet industrial city in Shandong, after its cheap, marinated barbecue skewers went viral.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
The Mibrasa Hibachi Table Top Grill is portable, maintains a fire for hours and makes grilling skewers, vegetables and even steaks feel like part of the entertainment.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
Standout dishes include the grilled salmon skewers with peanut dipping sauce, crispy pork belly, and any of the restaurant’s jeow dipping sauces paired with sticky rice.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
When you get hungry, take a quick walk to Checker Hall, a neighborhood bar and restaurant that serves California-Mediterranean food such as skewers, turkish chicken and chicken schnitzel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
Inside, the portly knight who commanded the waycastle greeted Mya by name and offered them skewers of charred meat and onions still hot from the spit.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
He tries not to think about the possibility of getting skewered on ancient rebar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Their choreographed debate exploited and skewered stereotypes via expert timing and pointed wit, hitting home with the predominantly Asian and South Asian audience.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
For that, Kelly was skewered on stage by Ben Shapiro, who incidentally was responsible for giving Owens her first podcast at the Daily Wire.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025
"Customers understand that it's a luxury dish," chef Tomoyuki Takashino said from behind the stove as he skewered an eel he had just killed and filleted.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
He was skewered by the eyes of strangers no longer.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
He is also a deft social satirist, no more so than when skewering his characters’ politically correct pretensions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
In the classroom, trainees crowded around instructor Luo Duocheng as he demonstrated slicing a slab of beef, marinating it, and skewering the meat to form identical kebabs.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
By elevating the links in the supply chain to the role of designer, the collective is skewering the whole idea of the It bag and dupe culture.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
Jefferson had fallen for “Erasure,” Percival Everett’s 2001 novel skewering publishing industry attitudes about Black literature, after reading it in December 2020.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2024
The medium began to stalk around the clearing, skewering the villagers with his gaze.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
