marinate

“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

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

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

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

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

Splurge on the ikura, marinated and served in half a lemon, which you squeeze into the roe for a bright, decadent bite.

From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2026

I found some old clothes and headed down the steps, preparing to be marinated in fish entrails.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

The birds are ready for marinating, which helps keep the lean meat moist, and they cook incredibly quickly—so throw on once your guests have already arrived.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

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

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