butcher

Just when you think you’ve made it through, the exhibition has one last gruesome touch: To escape, you have to push your way through a set of bloody butcher curtains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

It was a strange little society of meats that belonged neither behind the butcher counter nor among the premium lunch meats — the thin-sliced turkey in its tidy package, the glossy hunk of honey ham.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

I recently found A5 Wagyu striploins available at a specialty butcher near me in New York City, paying $64 for a half pound cut that served two.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

A jury would later hear how Wright had worked as a butcher for several years in the 1970s.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

There are no cash registers, but a mile away, in the neighboring village, there's a butcher, a baker, a post office, a hardware store, and a small grocery.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

"I walked to the event, waved into the local shops, the butchers and sweet shop and they're all waving back," he said.

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

The government decided not to back a previous proposal for more businesses including butchers and fishmongers to open on the public holiday.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

Craig Hammond, who runs a butchers in Matfield, said he was planning to close on Thursday, saying it was impossible to stay open for "hygiene reasons."

From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026

Manchester Farms Quail – Quail can be surprisingly tough to track down, even at specialty butchers, but Manchester Farms makes this delicious little bird totally accessible for home cooks.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025

“The butchers use the carcasses to make a healthful stew for the hungry. Any man who presents himself at the Gates of Fate may have a bowl.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Busy markets sold butchered meats and fast-wilting vegetables, horse carts clattered, children shouted, and men and women gossiped in coffeehouses and read from printed newspapers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

"We have had individual sheep slaughtered and butchered to a very high standard at the side of the road."

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2025

I thought of all my friends who had their name butchered as children and even adults — “Joe-zay,” “Josie” or pronounced correctly but in an exaggerated tone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025

The camera holds on a tight shot of a tomato being butchered by a dull kitchen knife, juice and seeds spilling out as the fruit splits down its sides.

From Salon ● Mar. 2, 2025

We butchered it and cooked it over a fire.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac

Under updated housing rules, students are prohibited from “skinning, butchering, or otherwise processing wild game animals” inside residential buildings.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026

The site also contained stone tools along with the remains of elephants and other animals, suggesting the area was once used for butchering prey near the edge of an ancient lake.

From Science Daily ● May 24, 2026

We’ve come a long way from 1992, when Bill Clinton bypassed prime-time and Sunday political shows by wearing sunglasses and butchering “Heartbreak Hotel” on a saxophone on “The Arsenio Hall Show.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025

A host is also responsible for introducing every comic onstage, mentioning their credits and not butchering their name — all while hoping they actually make it on time for their spot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2025

Well, to lose the only meat we had left from last winter’s hog butchering was bad enough.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson