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brine

[brahyn] / braɪn /


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Savory cocktails have become de rigueur in recent years, and if we’re willing to sip olive or oyster brine, why not try some broth in your drink?

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

"We do not know if these magnesium organic compounds were contributed by brine chemistry or were simply left over from earlier impact shock processes."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026

Smaller briskets take three to four days to brine, while larger cuts can take one week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

“Fish market gone bad, brine and blood. The melon sweetness of curdling bacteria. Urine, too, hot, tacky.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

I spat and coughed, desperate to expel the scent of sea brine clogging my lungs.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Energy companies are viewed as a natural fit for producing lithium, which is sourced by pumping salty brines from underground using similar techniques to oil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

About 40% of the world's lithium supply comes from salty underground brines located beneath desert regions.

From Science Daily ● May 23, 2026

But he notes that this initial lab-based demonstration works with a synthetic brine that differs from the chemically complex brines in the real world.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 27, 2024

The research team is exploring the recovery of magnesium from sea water as well as from mining waste and salt lake brines.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2024

The water is transparent, but excessively salt; it contains about 22 per cent of common salt, slightly mixed with other salts, and forming one of the purest and most concentrated brines in the world.

From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Barkham Burroughs

The chicken is brought in whole before being butchered and brined in-house.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

Even when the tomatoes are gone and the bread stall is picked clean, you can usually find some jar of something sharp, spicy and brined: giardiniera, hot peppers, spicy dills, pickled carrots.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

Eaton uses a carefully sourced heritage breed bird that’s brined, deboned and served in butter for $35.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Melissa Miranda of Musang and Kilig, a James Beard finalist for Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific, also has a Jollibee-inspired buttermilk brined chicken thigh on her menu.

From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2024

There was roast duck and sweet, brined pork and tender, spiced lamb.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

If the batteries are too damaged for that to be done, crews will discharge them through brining, during which they are submerged in a water-and-salt solution.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2025

Jackie has/is both, so it’s telling that the brining method here absolutely nailed it.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2023

“We took him out of the game as soon as he was brining it up to the trainers and coaches,” Baldelli said.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 30, 2023

Mr Barclay told Today he was committed to brining in Martha's rule as quickly as possible.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2023

To be honest, there was another reason I chose the brining and grilling method.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan


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