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shrimp

[shrimp] / ʃrɪmp /








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Directions Combine the shrimp, fish or chickpeas with the lime juice, onion, jalapeño and cilantro.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

"For the next week we just had tuna every day, it was a bit like Forrest Gump and the shrimp, we had curried tuna, fried tuna, battered tuna, beer-battered tuna, raw tuna."

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

If not, we’d go to Musso & Frank Grill to get a shrimp cocktail and steak dinner.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

They spoke with restaurant workers across the country about how to make the deal better for business, and examined updating the price and shrimp offerings.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

But instead of our parents’ pods, the room’s back wall is a stack of beehive beds, each covered in a warming blanket for a thin-skinned ghost shrimp.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera




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