Example Sentences

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Standout dishes include the grilled salmon skewers with peanut dipping sauce, crispy pork belly, and any of the restaurant’s jeow dipping sauces paired with sticky rice.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

Instead, ask if they would be OK with doing dishes or taking out the trash.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

The always-bustling neighborhood will turn up a notch when Ghanaians, Ivorians and Senegalese gather over jollof rice, tart bissap drinks made from hibiscus flowers and rich, shareable lamb and seafood dishes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

In New York City, it’s fairly common to see chicken dishes priced much higher.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

We clean up the breakfast dishes, vacuum the living room, and do three loads of laundry, all without saying a word.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold