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shish kebab

[shish kuh-bob] / ˈʃɪʃ kəˌbɒb /
NOUN
food on a skewer
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Now, Martin is a father to an 8-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son — the same age he was when manning his Greek family’s shish kebab stand on the Jersey Shore.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2025

Unfortunately, I realized while going through this shish kebab storm that all the people close to me — family, friends, co-workers — are dumpers.

From Washington Post • Jul. 18, 2022

What she wanted was her own business, a storefront where she hoped to sell shashlik, a version of shish kebab.

From New York Times • May 3, 2022

On a certain alley in Xinjiang stands a diner I particularly like, popular for its pigeon shish kebab and milk tea.

From The Guardian • Aug. 7, 2018

He sat on his picnic bench with his bunny slippers propped up, eating a plate of greasy shish kebab.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan



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