Example Sentences

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Ribs, hot dogs, fried chicken, corn on the cob, watermelon slices.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2025

Bubba’s Q Boneless Baby Back Ribs was promoted as one of the biggest success stories from reality TV show “Shark Tank.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2023

He served lunch Saturday to a crowd at Willie Moore’s Family Restaurant on Main Street, which claims to have “the best pulled and chopped pork Bar-B-Que in town plus Bar-B-Que Ribs and Bar-B-Que Bologna.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2023

The field is instead completed by Sleaford Mods' Spare Ribs and Laura Mvula's 80s funk odyssey Pink Noise.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2022

The Hands, the Ribs, the Jawbone—they were all there, but there were more, too.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia