snapper

Example Sentences

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On the lunch menu: red snapper the captain caught that morning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

I love all the sushi — the halibut, the red snapper, the spicy yellowtail and the carpaccios.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

When I was 13, my mom and I went to eat snapper soup at Bookbinder’s in Philadelphia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

A placard listing Penning’s high school-recruiting rating, and the schools he attended, had yet to be placed atop his stall next to long snapper Josh Harris.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2025

I gave her a nice mangrove snapper that I caught, and she had it cleaned and cooking over the flames in five minutes flat.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen