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

For at least one more year, the Sparks have to marinate in their past mistakes and hope that their veterans can somehow lay a foundation for their future..

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026

"Sometimes a song needs to marinate for a year, six months, it can take some time," she says.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2025

Like I'll throw a grilled chicken — I’ll marinate, you know what’s a great marinade?

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2024

“I need time for marinate your dad’s favorite ribs. Wouldn’t be right to eat any kine food.”

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

He steps away to rest his tired back as the sickening result marinates.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 24, 2023

Matsuzaki marinates pork belly for several days, then presses and sears the meat, concentrating the flavor of the pork, which he slips into tender bao buns with carrot matchsticks, cucumber slices and jalapeño.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2022

Thomas Kail compared Mr. Rockwell to a jazz musician, who only makes surprising riffs after “he takes every scene and examines it and scrutinizes it and marinates in it.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2019

Tandia, aided by just one other chef, makes everything herself in the tiny kitchen, and when something’s out for the day—like Calypso jerk-chicken wings with pineapple relish, which she marinates each morning—it’s out.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 19, 2018

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

Extras: One of the things I love most about marinated beans is their restraint.

From Salon ● Jun. 16, 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

The initial videos were made using ByteDance’s AI tools by a Chinese food company to promote its marinated duck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

The waitress brings a platter of the marinated meat and starts cooking it.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

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’ve spent the past couple decades marinating in cooking shows, food podcasts, restaurant documentaries, TikTok pantry tours — an endless syllabus of how things ought to look and taste.

From Salon ● Dec. 2, 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

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