variants
or kebob
or less commonly kabob
: cubes of meat (such as lamb or beef) marinated and cooked with vegetables usually on a skewer
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Folks line up at Paşa Döner for dark meat–only chicken kebabs shaved onto buns served alongside drive-thru-thin french fries.
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Betsy Andrews, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2024
There were also burgers and fish kebabs, neither of which were 3D printed.
—Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 4 Oct. 2024
The same kebab shop later catered for the German national team at Herzogenaurach, their training base, during the tournament.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 21 July 2024
But losing in legal courts is different from losing in the court of public opinion, where sane people are left trying to explain that noncitizen Haitians aren’t illegally voting while nibbling poodle kebabs and assaulting the neighbors.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Betsy Andrews, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2024
There were also burgers and fish kebabs, neither of which were 3D printed.
—Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 4 Oct. 2024
The same kebab shop later catered for the German national team at Herzogenaurach, their training base, during the tournament.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 21 July 2024
But losing in legal courts is different from losing in the court of public opinion, where sane people are left trying to explain that noncitizen Haitians aren’t illegally voting while nibbling poodle kebabs and assaulting the neighbors.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Kebab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kebab. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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