How to Use razor clam in a Sentence
razor clam
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Clatsop County is the best place to find razor clams, while Dungeness and red rock crabs can be caught up and down the coast.
—OregonLive.com, 11 Feb. 2018
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Beaches on the central and south Oregon Coast are closed to razor clam digging.
—Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, 1 Nov. 2017
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Night digging for razor clams takes a little know-how and caution; diggers must always keep an eye to the surf.
—Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, 1 Nov. 2017
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Eat lobster corn dogs, razor clam stuffies, and seafood potage for dinner Monday through Sunday.
—Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2018
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These range from felony drug charges to driving without insurance to exceeding the bag limit of razor clams.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 24 May 2023
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The fishery, which opens in May and can run into August, is the only commercial razor clam fishery in Alaska.
—Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News, 15 May 2018
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Clamzilla chowder, anyone? Jason Stricker was stunned at what his shovel turned up — a razor clam filling the palm of his hand.
—Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2022
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Portions of the south Oregon Coast have reopened to razor clam digging, but the honey hole on Clatsop beaches remains closed.
—oregonlive, 8 May 2021
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Then a two-person team was stationed midway down the bay—which is long and beautiful and curves back on itself at each end, like the razor clam shells scattered on the sand—with 12-gauge shotguns.
—J.b. MacKinnon, Smithsonian, 23 Oct. 2017
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To illustrate the direct link between the ocean’s health and the tribe’s livelihood, the Quinault people have an annual summer razor clam dig to harvest clams to sell.
—Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 30 Sep. 2021
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The razor clam pulls its shell up, creating a vacuum that sucks water into the space surrounding its body.
—Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2012
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Each new dish was lovely, a razor clam presented on a log covered in seaweed or a single oyster leaf in an oyster shell.
—Kevin Wilson, Bon Appétit, 9 Feb. 2022
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Sample the chef’s tasting of 11 rotating crudos, from beautiful razor clams with chili and mint to striped jack with a horseradish-caviar-chive topping.
—Bon Appetit, 19 Mar. 2018
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In a simple brine, razor clams maintained their yielding chew and mild, distinct salinity.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2023
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Washington has also set new razor clam seasons on its ocean beaches.
—oregonlive, 19 Jan. 2020
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Don’t miss the brie, red pepper, artichoke, and caviar montadito, or the razor clam conservas.
—Isabelle Kliger, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Mar. 2018
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Simple dishes like sirloin steak, grilled razor clams and seafood risotto are adroitly prepared.
—Andrew Ferren, WSJ, 13 June 2018
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Recent dinner offerings featured a tuna and eggplant crepe, razor clam with yuzu kosho and nori, rabbit with sweet corn porridge, and roasted cod with chanterelles.
—BostonGlobe.com, 14 Oct. 2019
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The razor clams, diced into tender discs and sautéed warm with guanciale before being stuffed back into their slender shells, were an adventure bite worth ordering.
—Craig Laban, Philly.com, 13 July 2018
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The state’s razor clam fishery alone can generate $1 million in revenue for these tribes, and the tourism associated with clamming can earn another $28 million.
—Sara Harrison, Wired, 23 Dec. 2020
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Clatsop County beaches are closed to all razor clam digging until October.
—oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2020
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Washington will open a five day Christmas vacation dig for razor clams, beginning Monday.
—oregonlive, 21 Dec. 2019
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Oregon beaches north of Cascade Head, including Clatsop County beaches, are open daily to razor clam digging.
—Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, 16 Apr. 2018
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Meanwhile Hadida spends hours on the phone with local sustainable farmers and east coast fishermen, coordinating cod and razor clam shipments to construct the week’s menu.
—Aliza Abarbanel, Bon Appétit, 7 Nov. 2019
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Last spring’s razor clam-digging opening on the 28-mile-long Long Beach Peninsula’s ocean beach was a big deal because state fisheries honchos temporarily upped the daily limit after a long closure assured a good harvest.
—Brian J. Cantwell, Philly.com, 26 Oct. 2017
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Around the spittoon’s broad brim were arranged five garnishes, or side dishes, or condiments, including chopped razor clam with celery sorbet and a little pillbox of horseradish jelly.
—Pete Wells, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2018
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The 2020 closure does not affect personal-use razor clam regulations on westside Cook Inlet beaches.
—Anchorage Daily News, 3 Jan. 2020
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Unlike Oregon, which allows razor clam digging seven days a week, Washington tightly controls its razor clams with brief, tide-dependent seasons.
—Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2022
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Instead of relying on brute force, the burrowing razor clam turns the sediment around itself into quicksand, according to a study published in the Journal of Experimental Biology.
—Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2012
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In November, a different group of researchers from the university found that microplastics were being ingested by numerous organisms up and down the Oregon coast, including razor clams and oysters.
—oregonlive, 31 Jan. 2020
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