barbecue
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Consuming a few hundred acres, the fire in the Hürtgen Forest, western Germany, was a mere barbecue compared with the conflagrations that have recently threatened Mediterranean tourist spots and burned swaths of Canadian forest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
It also featured Moroccan sinks, a pool and spa, a stone fire pit, and a barbecue area.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Describing Britain as "a tinderbox" with 37 blazes nationwide on Friday, the prime minister warned against lighting fires outdoors, as the government introduced a ban on selling disposable barbecue equipment.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
He found that raising the barbecue from the sand kept it closer to the ambient temperature.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Other people probably made barbecue pits like that.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
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Hume said she was "really pleased" that Andy Burnham had announced a temporary ban on disposable barbecues and that an emergency alert was sent to people's phones warning of a "very high risk of wildfires".
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The second-year running back has made it a priority to get close with linemen by talking more and going to their barbecues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Burnham said 37 fires were currently burning across England and Wales, although not all had been caused by disposable barbecues.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Burnham also said some of the wildfires burning across the country will have been started by disposable barbecues.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Moving clockwise, we encounter the determinedly sexless Russ and Bobbie Brooks lines, seemingly aimed at pudgy fourth-grade teachers with important barbecues to attend.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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Frank barbecued ribs in the yard, his mom served birria with rice and beans, and some 50 friends and classmates showed up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
I’ll always prefer Mom’s barbecued chicken, fried chicken and French fries, but I have branched out, trying an array of new, relatively tamer foods, ranging from albacore tuna to zucchini.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
Orion wares include 58 tortillas, 43 cups of coffee, barbecued beef brisket and five types of hot sauce.
From Barron's ● Apr. 4, 2026
Since 1959, they’ve come for Chinese American classics such as sweet and sour chicken, barbecued pork chow mein, egg rolls, chop suey and shrimp fried rice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2025
At least Big Ma had the house smelling like barbecued chicken and lemon cake.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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"I can combine barbecuing with my previous work experience, which will be an advantage for me," Xu said after attending a class on editing videos for Douyin -- China's version of TikTok.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
“And my other favorite time is sunset in the upper bedroom or downstairs barbecuing something outdoors. The views really are spectacular.”
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026
In recent days, videos have circulated on social media showing Ukrainians barbecuing in snowy yards and dancing to keep warm in the face of continued power cuts and freezing temperatures.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2026
The rest of the section, which included anodyne listicles about summer activities, barbecuing, and photography, soon attracted additional scrutiny.
From Slate ● May 21, 2025
We'd spend the days swimming, barbecuing, and brainstorming sketch ideas we would later put on video for posterity.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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