crab
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I tried Kumamoto oysters here as part of a sprawling seafood tower — alongside snow crab, lobster tails, tuna tartare with seaweed salad and more — and they immediately became my new favorite variety.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Held at the 1971 crab derby in Crisfield, Md., it drew less attention than sailboat races, greased pig contests and the crowning of Miss Crustacean.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Menu offerings include appetizers such as Dungeness crab cakes and lobster corn dogs, and entrées such as crispy chicken Milanese, honey miso glazed salmon and a signature Skywalker Ranch Wagyu burger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Williams, whose main course options include Porth Eirias dressed crab and Welsh lamb, said he would never exile the scone.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
She scurried after a crab the size of a quarter, which disappeared into its burrow before Harriet could reach it.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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
In the spring, Thompson crabbed, and when buyers counted crabs, the brothers said, his father often got shorted.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 26, 2022
At its core is one of the most crabbed conceptions of liberty ever penned by a Supreme Court justice.
From Slate ● May 18, 2022
This is a truly crabbed and reductive view of the man and his work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2021
Esther came back with transparent packets of pills, on which instructions, but no names, were written in a crabbed handwriting in blue ink.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The transmission malfunctioned in his 1978 boat, Miss Julie, which he also uses for crabbing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
A fundraiser 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 ● Mar. 3, 2026
Benjamin Cullis, from Padstow, had been fishing and crabbing with his family when he fell off the harbour wall and hit his head on the side of a yacht on 24 June 2023.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2024
Fish and wildlife officials question whether depth limits have a large impact on profits in late-season months, when there typically is a crabbing decline anyway.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
So Call was surprised when, on a Tuesday, I proposed that we wind up the crabbing an hour early and pay a visit to the Captain.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
