tongs

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Use clean tongs, cutting boards and plates for serving cooked food.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024

Mr Adams said all sorts of things had been discovered by his builders, including coins, pistol balls and Victorian curling tongs, but the Hebrew writing had captured people's attention.

From BBC • May 23, 2024

Ms. Tapia has been looking for her son, Gustavo Daryl, since he was abducted in 2018 from his food stand, apron on and grill tongs in hand.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2024

Using tongs, grab 5 to 7 chunks of chicken tikka and distribute the pieces over the chana masala.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2024

One of the nurses has to periodically dab him with gauze that she holds in tongs.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman