marinate
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"Sometimes a song needs to marinate for a year, six months, it can take some time," she says.
From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025
It takes a little over an hour for “Nobu” to marinate long enough to approach a point of complexity, not exactly bitter but no longer cloyingly sweet.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2025
Mark's choice leaves us to marinate on all the possible consequences of that and all the other action.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2025
A quick marinade in soy sauce infuses the fish with earthy dimension, but be sure to not marinate for more than 20 minutes or its saltiness will become overpowering.
From Washington Times • Dec. 21, 2023
I was so good at denying myself this, the simple pleasure of even a secret crush, that the thoughts were never allowed to marinate in my mind.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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