prawn

Example Sentences

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Between overfishing, climate change, plastic pollution, and habitat destruction, it’s a bad time to be a prawn, cod, seabird, or whale.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2024

When he could not convince his father to get into year-round prawn cultivation, Tom reached a deal with him: “Grow pokkali, but leave marketing to me.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2023

The recipe was later modified by the famous Singaporean chef Hooi Kok Wai, who added eggs and sambal, a concoction made of chilli peppers and prawn paste.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2023

We often get animals that are caught as bycatch from a trawl or in a prawn trap.

From Slate • Dec. 10, 2022

I was hoping for river prawns in my traps that day, because river prawn okro soup with hot pepper was a favorite of Ma’s, and Klenam made it just as well as she did.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo