salt
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She successfully lobbied to have some duties that directly affected the state removed, including on road salt, refrigeration equipment and seaweed, but in the end lost to Democrat Troy Jackson.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
People with kidney disease or those taking certain medications may have difficulty regulating potassium levels, so potassium supplements and potassium-based salt substitutes should be used with medical guidance when these concerns apply.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
But our advice columnist Aditi Shrikant explains why influencers can still be useful, providing you take their recommendations with a grain of salt.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
Forty-five miles after it began, the journey through volcanoes, salt lakes, pine forests, aspens and a valley that stretches across the horizon comes to an end at a lonely intersection with U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Jonathan licked his lips, tasting the salt of his perspiration.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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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
First, the Talapin lab built on a previous discovery showing that molten salts could be used as the liquid medium in the process, helping stabilize nanocrystals as they formed.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 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
Kyle Shanahan must believe the olfactory exhilaration of smelling salts enhances his coaching ability.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
I returned, sought the sponge on the washstand, the salts in my drawer, and once more retraced my steps.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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As Doncic salted the game away, he was serenaded with chants of “MVP!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
Bishop’s worldly ruminations are salted with references to Saint-Exupéry, Plato and Nietzsche.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
We ate thick slices with cold salted butter — not so much smeared across the crumb as laid on in pale slabs, because patience has never been a prerequisite for breakfast.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
I split one while it was still warm and added cold salted butter.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
She poured water into a bowl and salted it generously.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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First, the bad news: “Snowcrete” is the treacherous ice that results when rain, imprecise or nonexistent plowing and insufficient salting turn what was once fluffy white snow into a dense and dirty scourge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 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
When the morrow came, most of the morning was given over to talk of grains and greens and salting meat.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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