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
Highlights for me included the caramelized miso sea bass with Zuzu rice cooked in chicken dashi and butter, and the A5 wagyu skewer, an incredible value at $27.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2025
Every political campaign needs a good slogan – a snappy phrase to energise voters and skewer opponents.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2025
Aggo gave an urchin a copper for a skewer of honey- roasted mice and nibbled them as he rode.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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
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
I spend time there with my family, and everything comes to you on the beach—fresh juices, caipirinhas, grilled cheese skewers, even cooked corn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
The cooks were thin boys who fanned skewers with one hand and swatted gnats with the other.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
The smell hits first, garlic and char on skewered meat, chiles brushed over buns, oyster sauce mingling with the syrupy edge of black vinegar on sizzling noodles.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
"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
On a podcast a few months after her paid posts for Hers, she skewered the medical profession for pushing antidepressants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2025
Rebellious colonists skewered British taxation policies, military blunders and parliamentary pomposities through plays, songs and cartoons that rallied others to the cause of independence and made mass mobilization fun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025
They’d taken everything with them except whatever black thing was skewered over the coals.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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
Which brings us back to satire falling victim to the world it is skewering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
Adams drew on his experience as a bank teller and manager at a phone company Pacific Bell for inspiration, skewering corporate jargon and middle management.
From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2026
Satirical news programs like “The Daily Show” and “Last Week Tonight” have highlighted the ups and downs of the presidential election, while garnering laughs and skewering the candidates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 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
