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oyster

[oi-ster] / ˈɔɪ stər /






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For the next couple of weeks, she’d couch surf until ultimately sleeping in her van, waking up early to wait tables at an oyster bar on Sunset Boulevard.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Savory cocktails have become de rigueur in recent years, and if we’re willing to sip olive or oyster brine, why not try some broth in your drink?

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

But even maps couldn’t solve a perennial annoyance: The oyster beds would vanish.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

When Graham Platner ran for Senate, he came with an irresistible, dream candidate profile: a plainspoken veteran and man of the people who was ready to change careers from oyster farmer to politician.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

Peeta’s just pried open an oyster when I hear him give a laugh.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

I have a chef who is very good at what she does, and I said, “Rocío, you have to teach me how to open oysters and clean fish.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

As the smoke from France's worst wildfire in over 75 years rose over the Bassin d'Arcachon, a pair of nearby firefighters tucked into a plate of oysters plucked from the bay west of Bordeaux.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

"The Romans were incredibly fond of oysters," he said.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Fish, mobile snails, sea urchins, and bivalves such as clams, oysters, and mussels all require faster metabolisms to support movement and, in many cases, predatory lifestyles.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

As a well-kitted, bottle-blond bon vivant with a taste for oysters and snails, he seems to have pushed hard on the limits of his own sumptuary laws.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

Ms. Gunderson is also well served by much of the cast, particularly Mr. McNall, an Off Broadway treasure who was until recently oystered away at the Pearl Theater.

From New York Times Jul. 25, 2017

The state closed the western half of its oystering area in Mobile Bay on Nov. 23, WKRG-TV reports, and closed two small but productive areas in the eastern half of the bay on Tuesday.

From Seattle Times Dec. 17, 2022

Eastport Elementary’s logo is a skipjack, an oystering boat.

From Washington Post Aug. 25, 2020

At its peak, according to the state, oystering in Apalachicola Bay supported approximately 2,500 jobs.

From Washington Times Aug. 8, 2020

“But it’s not too late to reclaim it,” Hartsfield said of the oystering way of life.

From Reuters Feb. 21, 2020

There were only a few more days of oystering left that winter of ’44.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson




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