skewer
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Hunched over sizzling grills and shrouded in smoke, trainees at the Yueyang Barbecue Academy in southern China roast skewer after skewer of succulent beef tendon, perfecting the skills that could land them a restaurant job.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
For decades, Chinese brothers Gao Zhen and Gao Qiang have made a name for themselves with sculptures like this: irreverent contemporary artworks that skewer the authoritarian past, and present, of their native homeland.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
Since they formed in 2019, the artists have gained an international reputation for employing the slick tropes of marketing and fashion to playfully skewer consumerism and supply-chain systems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
Another standout was the braised wagyu short-rib skewer from the robatayaki menu, a melt-in-your-mouth bite.
From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2026
"Better than rats on a skewer," said Tyrion.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Piled high with chicken fingers, chicken wings, spare ribs and teriyaki skewers crowded around a blue Sterno flame, Pu Pu Platters are a beloved menu mainstay throughout the six states.
From Salon ● May 3, 2026
When you get hungry, take a quick walk to Checker Hall, a neighborhood bar and restaurant that serves California-Mediterranean food such as skewers, turkish chicken and chicken schnitzel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
Nearby, a man fanned skewers sizzling on a barbecue grill while a couple played badminton and retirees sang cheerfully on a park bench.
From Barron's ● Apr. 2, 2026
Here, Melville is an American Kafka or Gogol, and in this guise, he skewers our pervasive national ethos that values ambition and striving above all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
Pong wished with all his might that one of the skewers would fall off.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
The scene that best defines the story’s idealism happens long before Dunk gets clunked in the head or skewered by a lance.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026
"Customers understand that it's a luxury dish," chef Tomoyuki Takashino said from behind the stove as he skewered an eel he had just killed and filleted.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
On a podcast a few months after her paid posts for Hers, she skewered the medical profession for pushing antidepressants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2025
His pen skewered power with elegance and edge, especially during the 1975 Emergency, a 21-month stretch of suspended civil liberties and muzzled media under Indira Gandhi's rule.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2025
Nestor appeared enthroned among his sons, while friends around them skewered the red beef or held it scorching.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
He is also a deft social satirist, no more so than when skewering his characters’ politically correct pretensions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
For its upcoming Los Angeles venue, experiential art firm Meow Wolf will focus on the art of storytelling, with a specific eye toward skewering our city’s moviemaking magic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
In the classroom, trainees crowded around instructor Luo Duocheng as he demonstrated slicing a slab of beef, marinating it, and skewering the meat to form identical kebabs.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
It's unclear whether Eisner was joking and knew that Lohan had played both roles or not but that didn't stop a witty, young Lohan from skewering the executive.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2024
The medium began to stalk around the clearing, skewering the villagers with his gaze.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
