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marinade

[mar-uh-neyd, mar-uh-neyd] / ˌmær əˈneɪd, ˈmær əˌneɪd /


VERB
marinate
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STRONGEST


VERB
pickle
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To make the protein pop, Conagra designed a custom marinade and added grill marks to the chicken breast slices.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

So, once I’m home, I’ll prep a chicken curry so it can sit in the marinade for a day.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

It initially hit the right sweet, slightly piquant notes that al pastor meat should — but the flavor quickly dissipated because the marinade hadn’t soaked through the chicken chunks.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 19, 2026

Companies are wrestling with drilling hazards that make it more costly to operate and complaining that the marinade is creeping into their oil-and-gas reservoirs.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 26, 2025

I wrapped potatoes in foil and stuck them in the oven to bake, covered a steak in marinade and balanced it on top of a carton of eggs in the fridge.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

In the episode, Celenza uses the two for a breakfast sandwich, but mayo and hot sauce can be used in a multitude of meals: sandwiches, salads, marinades, hamburgers, tacos… do I need to keep going?

From Salon Jul. 2, 2026

One butcher said all his meat, marinades and spices had been taken away to be checked.

From BBC Jun. 20, 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

China Chilcano's chefs said the product behaved very similarly to conventional chicken and offered some improvements, like rapid absorption of marinades.

From Reuters Jul. 20, 2023

Because they are skinless, they absorb marinades well, but should be turned and basted often to keep the meat moist.

From The Perdue Chicken Cookbook by Mitzi Perdue

Chipotle’s chicken al pastor, which is marinaded in morita peppers, ground achiote and pineapple, debuted in March 2023.

From Seattle Times Apr. 25, 2024

Nothing screams "I Love You" more than enjoying a gut-destroying dinner of Southern-style ribs, marinaded in the scent of fellow sweat-soaked patrons from Augusta National.

From Golf Digest Mar. 13, 2017

Anwar picks a peshwari kebab of lamb marinaded in yoghurt and garlic.

From Slate Jan. 29, 2012

Welner said Khadr had been "steeped and marinaded in radical jihadism" among fellow captives at Guantanamo.

From Reuters Oct. 26, 2010

Stir it over the fire, mixing well till the sauce becomes brown, and then put in your marinaded pieces of rabbit.

From The Belgian Cookbook by Various

There is no law stating a maximum number of hours for which these pickles should remain marinading.

From Salon May 10, 2025

The artist’s adult-sized gingerbread house in one of the galleries will likely generate all manner of chatter, but the poignant works of video, assemblage and drawing will be worth marinading in too.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 3, 2019




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