soak
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As we stand in a beautiful square, the famous Belfry of Mons looming over us, I ask Karl if he ever pauses to truly soak up the sights.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
I love places where you can sit for a while, people-watch and soak up the city’s energy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
That loss has made way for invasive annual grasses that ignite more easily, increase erosion and leave less water to soak into aquifers, Barton said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
The goal is a quick dip, not a hot-tub soak: enough liquid to soften the interior of the bread while leaving plenty of edges available to crisp.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
He put a cube of sugar between his teeth and sipped slowly from the glass, letting the tea soak through the sugar.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
Before running them through the dishwasher, he soaks and scrubs off the most stubborn jams and sauces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
That weak carbonic acid ultimately soaks into the soil, full of carbon dioxide.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2025
Rafiullah doesn't have teeth yet, so Hanifa soaks the bread in the tea and feeds him.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2025
The bioswales are designed to collect rainwater so it soaks deep in the ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2025
This diaper style probably works best when the babies are crawling outside and their pee just soaks into the dirt.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
His passenger arrives—a young woman in high heels, shrouded in perfume and soaked by the rain, reassuring someone on the phone that she’ll be home soon—and the taxi rolls off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
He opens “Digger” lounging in a bed soaked with cat pee, tempting an elderly feline named Maggie to lick wet chow from his gnarled pinkie nail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Kosin and his family lifted their belongings once they saw the water level was higher than the canal retaining wall, but their ground floor was still left soaked.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
He says on the doorstep, voters are telling him "they're fed up with the crime, disorder. This borough is crime-ridden. It's soaked in crime."
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Maggie and Kate stretched, soaked their feet, embroidered, or read a bit to release the strain of introducing the spirits to so many strangers.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Other highlights include an open, corner living and dining room, walls of windows, a chef’s kitchen, and a main bedroom with a formal dressing area and an en suite bathroom with a soaking tub.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
The Delafield Hotel is a charming boutique property with massive rooms, comfortable beds and bathrooms outfitted with Kohler rain showers and soaking hydrotherapy tubs.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
"Let me just look around for a second", she said afterwards, soaking up every ounce of the reception.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
“I feel uncomfortable to discuss future,” Molchanova wrote to Epstein on April 4, 2019, sweat soaking into her shirt as she nervously typed the message.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
One of the Wyatt-Johnston boys crashes into me, soaking my cover-up.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
