How to Use king crab in a Sentence

king crab

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  • Some are cooked and frozen right on the boat, like snow and king crabs.
    Coastal Living, Southern Living, 4 June 2024
  • Bradley does this version of the Thai soup as kind of a surf-and-turf with crispy fowl and king crab.
    Andy Wang, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Last year, Alaska closed king crab season for the first time since the 1990s.
    Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2022
  • During the past decade, as the Bering Sea warmed, king crab in some years moved farther north.
    Hal Bernton, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Some of it will be decadent, like king crab and truffles served as a sushi roll.
    Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Weighing up to 22 pounds with leg spans reaching six feet, the king crab is a catch to write home about.
    Smithsonian, 18 Sep. 2017
  • The raw bar includes peel-and-eat shrimp, king crab legs, jumbo shrimp, and oysters on the half shell.
    Moby Dick, The Courier-Journal, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The raw bar includes peel-and-eat shrimp, king crab legs, jumbo shrimp, and oysters on the half shell.
    The Courier-Journal, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The raw bar includes peel and eat shrimp, king crab legs, jumbo shrimp, oysters on the half shell.
    Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 28 Feb. 2022
  • The surveys have tracked a long-term decline in Bristol Bay king crab.
    Hal Bernton, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Sea options range from $38 for crispy salmon to king crab legs at market price.
    Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 21 Aug. 2023
  • There will again be no opener for red or blue king crab due to low abundances.
    Anchorage Daily News, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Crab is expensive, and king crab costs more than snow crab or blue crab.
    Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2022
  • The menu includes an oyster bar, king crab, shrimp, lobster, salmon and more.
    The Courier-Journal, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Oyster Bah offers a feast of king crab legs and prime burgers.
    Grace Wong, chicagotribune.com, 11 June 2018
  • The purchase comes with 3% of the Bering Sea snow crab and red king crab quota, along with seven crab vessels.
    Anchorage Daily News, 12 Jan. 2021
  • The shell of a hairy crab is perishable, but king crab shells are residual.
    Anna Fifield, Washington Post, 29 July 2019
  • Red king crab is about a wrap and fishing for snow crab will get underway next month.
    Anchorage Daily News, 22 Dec. 2020
  • Take the king crab’s ancestor, for instance—the hermit crab.
    Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 14 Dec. 2020
  • The star of the menu, though, is the monster Bloody Mary—it's topped with a hush puppy, lobster claw, king crab leg, Old Bay spiced shrimp, and a pickle.
    Stephanie Burt, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2018
  • Sig makes a huge deal for 25 tons of live king crab; Mandy goes to buy a new boat; Sig and Jake head to the Russian line to find a migrating horde.
    Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The golden king crab the catch was nearing 5 million pounds out of a 6 million pound catch quota.
    Anchorage Daily News, 9 Feb. 2021
  • The snow crab and king crab seasons are canceled this year, Alaskan officials say.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 8 Nov. 2022
  • At issue with king crab, Blume said he is told, is warming waters.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2024
  • On the higher end, the restaurant offers dungeness crab, king crab legs, and lobster tails.
    al, 21 Oct. 2019
  • The menu covers the gamut of Alaska pub grub, like fried halibut and king crab nuggets, and its beer selection is top-tier.
    Katie Pesznecker, Anchorage Daily News, 28 June 2021
  • The Bristol Bay red king crab harvest will also be closed for the second year in a row, the agencies announced.
    Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Golden king crab along the Aleutians opens Aug. 1 with a 6.3 million pound harvest.
    Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2018
  • Get there between 3 and 5 p.m. for happy hour deals on drinks, apps, and even big-ticket entrees like king crab.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Then move on to the pasta, like the sweet corn agnolotti, king crab tagliolino nero and gnocchi with chunks of sausage.
    Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes, 2 June 2022

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