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skewer

noun as in rod

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Away from the gilded hallways, “SNL” skewered the design sense of both Trumps.

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Visitors share their itineraries online, complete with coloured-coded route maps and snaps of Uyghur delicacies, like the spicy stew, "big plate chicken", grilled lamb skewers, and wine made with horse milk.

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It doesn’t make the devilish, insane and extreme “Dracula” any easier to take as a skewering of sensibilities and conventions.

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Fluffy white marshmallows were skewered onto the ends of sticks and then roasted above the flames.

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Yet if Mr. Carpenter made unsparing depictions of the present and future, he also refused to find any comfort in the past: 1983’s “Christine,” based on the book by Stephen King, skewers 1950s nostalgia.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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