barbecue
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After the attack, the men returned to their hotel by bus and had a barbecue later that evening, the jury heard.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
“We’re poor. If someone offers you $20 ... and they barbecue for you and they’re buying you beers, why not?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Seasoning options are endless, from sticky-sweet orange sauce to classic barbecue or your favorite dry rub.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
So do the church basement, the neighborhood barbecue, the youth-sports sideline and the ferry queue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
A week of talent contests and softball games and races and Tilt-A-Whirl and bumper cars and music and barbecue and cotton candy.
From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli
July 4 fell during a record-breaking heat wave that upended the parades, block parties and barbecues that traditionally mark Independence Day.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
Food and Drug Administration’s highest level, just ahead of the Fourth of July holiday and countless backyard barbecues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Bhakta solicited ideas from locals about what to do with the property and hosted neighborhood barbecues on campus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Instantly recognisable and certain to be spotted at barbecues and in beer gardens up and down England this summer.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
And she barbecues anything she can get her hands on.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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
One of them approaches a vendor selling barbecued strips of yak meat.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2025
But I'm not convinced I won't be perfectly barbecued by the time we reach the city's center.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
"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
To check whether she’s staring, I test her with a long gaze to the left of the bleachers, where Dad and his wife Linda are barbecuing.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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