crab
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Industrial vessels target pollock, which is used in products like breaded fish sticks and imitation crab products worldwide.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
Earlier this week, Anthropic hosted a limited giveaway of “Clawd” plushies and stickers — a reference to the pixelated crab logo featured in the Claude Code terminal tool.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
And Anthropic has its friendly pixelated orange crab, Clawd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
But the waves can be unforgiving in December, which is when the crab season opens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Then he looks the bubbling crab in the eyes and says, “I dub you with the name Darwin. And now you owe me one, Darwin.”
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
She also shaved her head — all to add authenticity as her queen evolved from youth to crabbed old age.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
In this crabbed and narrow view of things, the prime offender was the Pop art typified by Andy Warhol, whose 1970 retrospective caused a hubbub at the organizing Pasadena Museum of Art.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
But it is quite another for the judiciary to apply that same crabbed conception to speech beyond the school setting.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 30, 2021
Limbaugh might have had a choice at one point, a choice to stop being a crabbed, reactionary loudmouth and do something different.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2020
My hands crabbed into half fists and I had to wear special gloves to keep them open.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
The transmission malfunctioned in his 1978 boat, Miss Julie, which he also uses for crabbing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
You've probably seen those videos of passenger planes "crabbing" and landing almost sideways in strong winds.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2025
And the weeks that are open to crabbing pose some of the most dangerous wind and weather conditions of the season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2025
In the far north, where crabbing was supposed to be allowed starting Dec. 1, there’s a second issue: Testing in Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte counties revealed poor crab meat quality.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2023
No one had told me to turn over all the money I made crabbing.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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