marinate

You have to marinate it for a day and then clean it properly to make a sauce and simmer it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

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

"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

Koffi let the word marinate in her head.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

The deeply savory sun-dried tomato and basil vinaigrette marinates the chicken, to keep it tender when stir-fried, and doubles as a sauce for the orzo and feta.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2022

Matsuzaki marinates pork belly for several days, then presses and sears the meat, concentrating the flavor of the pork, which he slips into tender bao buns with carrot matchsticks, cucumber slices and jalapeño.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2022

As this happens, our culture marinates in the toxic assumption "that everything ought to be done for the sake of something else, and never for its own sake."

From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2021

Thomas Kail compared Mr. Rockwell to a jazz musician, who only makes surprising riffs after “he takes every scene and examines it and scrutinizes it and marinates in it.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2019

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

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

People may want to quibble with me about this, but I believe marinated beans occupy a category adjacent to, yet ontologically distinct from, bean salad.

From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2026

The marinated and charbroiled chicken shawarma—which Winnebago drivers can order in a party-platter size for $89.99—is a highlight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 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

My legs screamed from a night and day of ache and stretch marinated in old adrenaline and scabbed with tree bark cuts.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

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

Many people are numb or marinating in indignation and anger.

From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026

It’s helpful to have a framework, a structured environment, for marinating in stillness.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2025

Do any marinating in the refrigerator, not on the countertop — it’s a myth that acidic marinades kill bacteria.

From Seattle Times ● May 27, 2024

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