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barbecue

[bahr-bi-kyoo] / ˈbɑr bɪˌkyu /
NOUN
meal cooked on grill
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VERB
cook outside, usually on a grill
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The tie-ups were unveiled after CEO Jensen Huang spent the weekend eating barbecue in Seoul with the country's tech leaders and appearing on a popular TV show.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

But I’ll also say: we are genuinely a sports and barbecue town.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

For his part, Talarico told CBS News on Wednesday that he has “been eating barbecue since before Ken Paxton’s first indictment.”

From Salon • May 30, 2026

It’s a vision wide enough to include monster trucks, lowriders, underground comedy, Miami street art, Texas barbecue and haggis tacos, dreamed up by Ferguson and executed by celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

The residents were a reserved bunch, save for when Jimmy’s barbecue came out—prim ladies used their elbows.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead




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