marinate
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The staff had about a week to prepare a cut of meat that ideally needed a week to marinate and cook.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
“It’s better to still marinate the Russians,” Alexander Gabuev, director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, said of China’s approach to the negotiations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
"Sometimes a song needs to marinate for a year, six months, it can take some time," she says.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2025
Gabriela Jaquez made sure to marinate in this moment, bouncing gleefully toward half-court while her teammates formed a joyous mob.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2025
“I need time for marinate your dad’s favorite ribs. Wouldn’t be right to eat any kine food.”
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
While that marinates, the roux is prepared, which calls for a generous amount of olive oil.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2025
A trained writer, meanwhile, marinates in speech from people who weren’t taught the nuances of lay vs. lie, or pedagogically hassled out of extraneous likes.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2022
As sushi purveyors did before the age of refrigeration, he marinates some fish in soy and presses others beneath sheets of kelp.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2021
He says he marinates his steak with sofrito and sazón, a spice mix containing achiote, a spice with an earthy, smoky flavor.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2021
Now behold water-spouts vomiting as they rush over the pavements, and rubbish marinates in puddles that fill the holes scooped out of the macadam.
From Against the Grain by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
Another announces, with delight, “I made these incredible marinated white beans and put them on toast.”
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
The app has boosted lesser-known businesses and sent tourists in droves to unconventional locations such as Zibo, a quiet industrial city in Shandong, after its cheap, marinated barbecue skewers went viral.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
It’s billed as different from “your average rib sandwich,” with ribs that have been hand-deboned, marinated in a proprietary barbecue-sauce blend with apple-cider vinegar, then slow-cooked for nine hours.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 29, 2026
The initial videos were made using ByteDance’s AI tools by a Chinese food company to promote its marinated duck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
The table filled up with olives, purple marinated turnips, plates of baba ghanouj and hummus, and hot flat breads, even before the real lunch came.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
This isn’t Tom Brady marinating on an Eames chair for six weeks before deciding to give football another go.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
One of my favorite uses is marinating white beans.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
Many people are numb or marinating in indignation and anger.
From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026
We’re marinating on some ideas to cook something up for them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
I had fish marinating for dinner, with a salad and bread left over from the night before, so there was nothing to do there.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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