butcher

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

As orders flood into the restaurant via online food delivery services and a walk-up window, a butcher slices through whole chickens while one cook flips thin slabs of steak and chicken on a grill.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

Batista Filho’s grandfather was working as a butcher in the Brazilian countryside when he established the company in 1953.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

With nothing more than a smartphone, a lighting kit and a fridge full of fresh meat, halal butcher Manny Malik from Wolverhampton had around two hundred people tuning into his session.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Willem gives a loud sigh, squatting to the ground in mock annoyance with his bicycle chain, while really taking the time to observe the butcher shop.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

The volunteers “were butchers, bakers, candlestick makers who then fought fire when the fire bell rang,” Mr. Winkle says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 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

But he thinks higher supermarket prices might be tempting shoppers into a trip to the butchers.

From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025

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 three butchers were daubed with sweat and blood, and they were absolutely miserable.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Animal remains were also placed in the grave, including a butchered calf.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 9, 2026

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

There's brilliance but there's also painful weakness - soft beginnings to Tests, panic when well on top, overplaying, error counts, poor discipline adding pressure, players going off script, chances butchered, lack of mental resilience.

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026

In 2024, Shasta County agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a 9-year-old girl and her family after sheriff’s deputies seized her goat so it could be butchered.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025

For the first time since Mr. Grote butchered my hair months ago, I look almost pretty.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

Lingjing appears to have been a butchering site where Homo juluensis processed animals such as deer.

From Science Daily ● May 9, 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

The fleecing of Kevin, who ProPublica agreed to identify by first name only, was a textbook example of pig butchering.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2025

An automobile at a butchering like to take everybody’s mind off business.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck