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Recent Examples of barbecue
Here are a few Riojan, Californian, Australian, French, Italian, and Croatian wines to kick your first summer barbecue off in style.
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Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 15 May 2025
Farm Stand Pasta Salad Slow-Cooker Barbecue Sandwiches Use your slow cooker to turn pork ribs into tender, saucy barbecue sandwiches.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 14 May 2025
The finished dish is sweet, spicy, and perfect for summer barbecues.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 May 2025
Their barbecue hadn’t worked, just smoked and smoldered.
—Lamorna Ash, The Dial, 6 May 2025
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Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 15 May 2025
Farm Stand Pasta Salad Slow-Cooker Barbecue Sandwiches Use your slow cooker to turn pork ribs into tender, saucy barbecue sandwiches.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 14 May 2025
The finished dish is sweet, spicy, and perfect for summer barbecues.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 May 2025
Their barbecue hadn’t worked, just smoked and smoldered.
—Lamorna Ash, The Dial, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barbecue
Noun
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Every Christmas my Grandma makes the most incredible Goan-spiced roast mutton.—
Alexandra York,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Mains hover between €30 and €40; a highlight is the roast chicken, which might come with a cream sauce and morels in winter or oyster mushrooms dressed in persillade (an herby garlic and parsley oil) in summer.—
Eleanor Aldridge,
AFAR Media,
30 May 2025
Noun
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The storm has New Englanders preparing for a messy couple of days during a time of year usually reserved for sunshine and cookouts.—
Isabella O’Malley,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2025
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Every good cookout needs a full table of Southern sides, like savory collard greens, classic summer succotash, and creamy potato salad.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Sides are textbook bistro: fries, mashed potatoes, or green beans.—
Eleanor Aldridge,
AFAR Media,
30 May 2025
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Its menu includes the 8oz Trump Cheeseburger and the 16oz Trump Tower, both with fries, lettuce, tomato, onions, pickles and Trump Sauce.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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Loreto: Start your Baja Sur weekend in Loreto, a seaside town famous for its blue whales, national parks, beach clambakes, and—thanks to a recent community movement—stargazing.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Outside Online,
10 Apr. 2025
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For example, a bride and a groom who once summered in Cape Cod, in Massachusetts, may want to highlight clambake memories in one course.—
Alix Strauss,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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The device startles seals hanging around salmon run obstacles and drives them away from the buffet.—
Cheryl Katz,
Smithsonian Magazine,
19 May 2025
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Choose from the extensive breakfast or lunch buffet, or order a la carte.—
Noelle Salmi,
Travel + Leisure,
19 May 2025
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“Barbecue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barbecue. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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