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salt

[sawlt] / sɔlt /


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Consuming too much salt can affect more than blood pressure.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Smart use of salt and wastewater, joined with allocation agreements that recognize the inevitability of low-water years, can still create a future the Colorado River could actually provide.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The deck replacement is necessary because traffic loads on the span have become increasingly heavy, and salt air has eroded bridge materials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

When asked whether she would ever consider switching brands, her reply is a reminder of an old Hindi ad jingle, "If it's salt, it has to be Tata."

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

The sun is warm on my cheeks but the breeze is cool, with a hint of salt and moisture from the ocean.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

The Seahawks, defending Super Bowl champions, got a collective whiff of smelling salts before Sunday’s game, having suffered an embarrassing loss at Washington a week earlier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

As the skipper of the 40-foot sloop First Light, Ms. Brauer had at her fingertips resources that would have amazed the salts of yore.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

They said these often contained heavy metal salts or nitrosamines that can leach into the environment once the balloon degrades.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Food manufacturers can also replace some sodium with potassium salts, but there are practical limits.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026

That roused her quicker than even the smelliest smelling salts could have, and she chased the twins ’round the room while screaming, “Mama! Mama!”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Bishop’s worldly ruminations are salted with references to Saint-Exupéry, Plato and Nietzsche.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

He said salted porridge had shaped his life, thanks to his Scottish granny and his Dad, who was born on the Isle of Jura and raised in Greenock.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Grassy, rich olive oil; creamy salted butter — or nutty brown butter, if you’re feeling fancy — and savory pork fat are all winners in my household.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

The strips were then blanched, salted, and fried in soybean oil that had been heated to 180 degrees Celsius.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

I could hide big handfuls of salted sour green almonds and roasted chickpeas in them.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat

Yet Mr. Kean seems at times a little too eager to prove that “The Museum of Lost Things” isn’t a traditional history book, salting his otherwise sturdy prose with the occasional vulgarity or glib joke.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Rock samples dating from 1995 to 1997 were analysed and found to have been tampered with through a process called salting.

From BBC ● May 18, 2024

They could get a job now and start salting away that cash and get some great life lessons along the way.

From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2024

The Drexel team has been developing its cold-weather-resilient concrete mix over the last five years with the goal of reducing the freezing, thawing and salting that eats away at roads and other concrete surfaces.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2024

Had I been raised with the tradition of stuffed animals, I would have hugged my bear or stuffed dog or rabbit, salting the ragged fur with my tears all night.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez


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