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marinate

[mar-uh-neyt] / ˈmær əˌneɪt /
VERB
soak
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“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

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

Like I'll throw a grilled chicken — I’ll marinate, you know what’s a great marinade?

From Salon Aug. 1, 2024

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

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

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

First, start with a peak-season beefsteak, its innards scooped and marinated in a bit of salt.

From Salon Apr. 6, 2026

I get sacco beans, which are pinto beans marinated in oil and vinegar and crushed red pepper.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

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

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

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2025

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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