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Their choreographed debate exploited and skewered stereotypes via expert timing and pointed wit, hitting home with the predominantly Asian and South Asian audience.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

That means everything from their facial expressions to the size of the bite are replayed, scrutinized or skewered by millions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

"Customers understand that it's a luxury dish," chef Tomoyuki Takashino said from behind the stove as he skewered an eel he had just killed and filleted.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

Germany's kebab industry would have particularly skewered, as the quintessential high street doner has evolved over the decades to be rather different than the original from Turkey.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2025

They’d taken everything with them except whatever black thing was skewered over the coals.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy