How to Use yellowfin tuna in a Sentence

yellowfin tuna

noun
  • The massive yellowfin tuna had been tracked across the globe via the Ethereum blockchain.
    Louise Matsakis, WIRED, 22 May 2018
  • Chef David Ramey seared fresh yellowfin tuna and prepared a tasty taco.
    al, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Must-try items include the onion soup, yellowfin tuna flatbread, steak frites, and any of the fun cocktails.
    Diana Oates, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2018
  • The Ameriboat team weighed in a 118-pound yellowfin tuna that went straight to the top of the leaderboard in its category.
    al, 17 July 2021
  • The World Wildlife Fund for Nature called for a global boycott of yellowfin tuna.
    Wanjohi Kabukuru, ajc, 7 July 2022
  • Radar showed there were yellowfin tuna just beneath them.
    Robert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Among the species that slipped through the monitoring system are blue swimming crab, warm-water shrimp, yellowfin tuna and squid.
    Yuka Hayashi, WSJ, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Don't miss the yellowfin tuna ceviche brightened with tart, diced Granny Smith apples and soft coconut-lime vinaigrette.
    Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 29 Mar. 2018
  • The Standard MakiMaki Kit ($110) includes 6 oz of salmon, hamachi, yellowfin tuna, and kanikama (crab meat).
    Aly Walansky, Forbes, 5 June 2021
  • Small plates range from yellowfin tuna crudo with puffed farro and togarashi ($17) to braised pork belly ($15) with a fresno chili relish and stone fruit jus.
    Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2022
  • De Leon is bringing a new menu to the Mediterranean wine bar and restaurant with dishes like duck rillettes, bacalao fritters, and yellowfin tuna crudo.
    Dallas News, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The Gulf of California, a.k.a. the Sea of Corten, boils with marlin, wahoo, dorado, and yellowfin tuna.
    Nate Matthews, Field & Stream, 7 Dec. 2020
  • Wild sustainably caught yellowfin tuna steaks: Save $9 per pound.
    Jessica Suriano, azcentral, 13 June 2018
  • The suit has since been amended to allege that the tuna Subway uses is not made with 100% tuna and does not always use skipjack or yellowfin tuna.
    Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 6 July 2021
  • Because of the patchy availability of food in the open ocean, predatory species like this yellowfin tuna have to travel vast distances to survive.
    Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
  • Look for good quality solid albacore or yellowfin tuna that is packed in pure olive oil.
    Claudia Catalano, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2019
  • But Quint said that calm seas had allowed more boats to run farther offshore on opening day, with the result that big yellowfin tuna and other large fish had been brought in throughout the weekend.
    al.com, 21 July 2019
  • The fisheries commission also agreed to set up two special sessions in the near future to iron out concerns over yellowfin tuna stocks, with the first slated for early 2023.
    Wanjohi Kabukuru, ajc, 7 July 2022
  • Enjoy American land and sea favorites like yellowfin tuna or Ohio Farm long bone pork chop at the casual restaurant.
    Allison Jack, cleveland, 7 Nov. 2022
  • In the eastern Pacific, driftwood carried by the resulting floods arrives just as young yellowfin tuna are emerging from their eggs.
    Brian Payton, Smithsonian, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Picture diced yellowfin tuna, garnished with snips of nori and sharing its plate with a swipe of pureed avocado speckled with Korean chile flakes.
    Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Feast on Italian Mediterranean dishes — yellowfin tuna, oysters, crudo, and swordfish — from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
    Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2018
  • The menu will offer dishes such as yellowfin tuna carpaccio, carnaroli rice risotto with Maine lobster, roasted branzino, beef filet and a chocolate semifreddo.
    Rod Stafford Hagwood, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Dec. 2019
  • This year, fishermen have been catching yellowfin tuna 25 miles offshore — that’s about 75 miles closer than in previous years.
    Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Crispy wonton chips are arranged on a long white plate and topped with creamy crab rangoon dip, avocado salsa, tomatoes, and seared, blackened, rare yellowfin tuna.
    Julia Sayers, AL.com, 8 Sep. 2017
  • In the 1970s, local preference shifted to the larger fish of the deeps, above all ahi (yellowfin tuna), typically anointed with shoyu (Japanese soy sauce) instead of sea salt.
    Author: Ligaya Mishan, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Jan. 2018
  • Third-course offerings are surf & turf, halibut, seafood lasagna, duck, yellowfin tuna, pork chop, lamb chops and vegan mushroom and basil ravioli.
    Susan Dunne, courant.com, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Even as restaurant suppliers have all but disappeared as customers, the purveyor of yellowfin tuna on Wednesday sold out of yellowfin that hit the dock Friday.
    NBC News, 30 Apr. 2020
  • Popular dishes include yellowfin tuna with sea urchin and silken tofu or Champagne lobster with French toast and Sterling caviar.
    Sophie Davies, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Fishermen have been catching yellowfin tuna 25 miles offshore — that’s about 75 miles closer than in previous years.
    Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2023

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