crab
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In 1988, he started selling the iconic blue crab found in the waters of Venezuela’s giant Lake Maracaibo before expanding into shrimp farming and later into supermarkets and processing recyclable materials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Eventually, he was getting ghosted for food-preparation jobs, including at a company that sells frozen crab cakes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
Earlier this week, Anthropic hosted a limited giveaway of “Clawd” plushies and stickers — a reference to the pixelated crab logo featured in the Claude Code terminal tool.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
They do this blue crab hand roll and they add some jalapeno and give you a ponzu sauce to dip it in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Getting into the car, Olive seems like a crab that’s been caught and dropped in a pail.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
She also shaved her head — all to add authenticity as her queen evolved from youth to crabbed old age.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
Such a crabbed view goes against how art is often created — spontaneously, with improvisation and serendipity.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2023
Conversely, the cynical prognosticators who used to seem crabbed and paranoid just keep getting proven right.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2020
That said, the board seems to be taking a rather crabbed view of the sanctity of the CalPERS name.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2020
The missing toes on his left foot had left him with a crabbed, awkward gait, comical to look upon.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
The transmission malfunctioned in his 1978 boat, Miss Julie, which he also uses for crabbing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
A GoFundMe set up in Meadows’ name described the deckhand from Montesano, Wash., as a father to “three amazing little boys” who died “while doing what he loved — crabbing out on Alaskan waters.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026
Thousands of people tune in to watch pilots perform a "crabbing" movement during stormy conditions and strong crosswinds.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2025
The earliest that commercial crabbing could begin in the far north would be Dec. 16, state officials said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2023
One thing’s for sure: If none of this had happened, I’d be out there crabbing every day, baiting my pots in the morning and pulling them in after school.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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