tongs

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During the play-fight, Ms Hall says she accidentally nipped Vickers with the kitchen tongs.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2025

Add the lobster meat and toss to combine using tongs.

From Salon • Sep. 1, 2024

Use clean tongs, cutting boards and plates for serving cooked food.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024

Ms. Tapia has been looking for her son, Gustavo Daryl, since he was abducted in 2018 from his food stand, apron on and grill tongs in hand.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2024

And through all this his mother’s eyes were on him; her hand, like fiery tongs, gripped the lukewarm ember of his heart; and caused him to feel, at the thought of death, another, colder terror.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin