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crab

[krab] / kræb /




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"Ultimately, the recipe has to be good – there are some really awful ones," she says, referencing strange combinations she has seen in cookbooks, including banana and herring and lamb and crab.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

And there's a deep-sea hermit crab, living not inside a shell, but a sea star the team can't immediately identify.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

I usually get a bunch of salads and the crab and fennel soup.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026

Paying roughly $6,500 for an 11-night journey in the Caribbean, he relished spending hours at the spa and having crab legs delivered to his room every afternoon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026

It was freezing, but we had crab fries and hot chocolate and sang along to all the soccer cheers.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison