prawn
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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
What made this day unique is that every watt of electricity, every prawn sandwich made, will be calculated in a report which rates the day's carbon footprint.
From BBC • Sep. 3, 2023
Lunch was roast rack of lamb with an Asian-style marinade, prawn tacos with pineapple salsa and a strawberry ginger trifle.
From New York Times • May 1, 2023
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
A very old man, bent but active, with white mustaches that bristled forward like those of a prawn, pushed open the swing door and went in.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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