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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

Baltimore smelled of brine, and Brooklyn of sun-warmed garbage.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

From Science Daily May 23, 2026

Rio Tinto aims to reach roughly 200,000 metric tons of capacity by 2028 and reduce C1 costs from its brines assets to less than US$5-US$8/kilogram.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 9, 2025

The kind of pickles you use also matters, as some brines lean more sweeter, while others are saltier.

From Salon Aug. 29, 2025

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 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

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

To that end, Fishwife’s products include smoked salmon brined in salt, garlic salt and brown sugar then hand-packed into cans with Sichuan chile crisps crafted in the Chinese city of Chengdu.

From Seattle Times Nov. 20, 2023

And they preserved to enjoy salted, brined meats and seafood.

From Salon Jul. 27, 2023

Once the meat was soaked, it would be transported to the lower levels to be ground, canned, pickled, brined, extruded into sausage casings, or cut into chops.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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

They'll be brining you your cocktails to drink and your food, which you'll look at.

From BBC Jan. 5, 2025

At 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday evening, the roof of Globe Life Field began to open, revealing a partially cloudy sky and brining in some cool spring air with steady winds.

From Seattle Times Apr. 23, 2024

“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

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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