wok
Example Sentences
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He has a taste for street food, and appears on social media wearing a T-shirt and shorts while stir-frying with a wok, or performing 1980s Thai pop on the saxophone or piano.
From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026
We taste-tested two robot wok restaurants in L.A. to determine whose cooking reigns supreme.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025
It's reminiscent of a cooking wok or the upswept eaves of a Chinese temple.
From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025
At 75, she’s been at it for more than half-a-century and still frequently works the sole wok at the Merry Go Round.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2025
I snatched up my wok as I ran into the seating area and scrambled over to the door that led to the apartment.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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