briny
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The lake's extreme briny environment sustains algae blooms that attract flamboyances of pink flamingos that thrive in the area.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
A deluge of sour, briny snacks has infiltrated the market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Those samples contain substantial evidence that briny fluids once existed just beneath the surfaces of their parent asteroids.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
It’s crunchy, briny, rich and just chaotic enough to keep you going back in for another scoop.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026
He cast Dill and Lydia a briny glare, cupped his hand to his mouth, and yelled, “Travis, you got company,” saving Lydia the trouble of honking.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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I savored the creamy interior, brinier than a sea urchin but similar in texture.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2021
Normally the purest river in the European part of the Soviet Union, the Dniester became "brinier than the saltiest sea water," in Vasilyev's words.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Denied the simpler masculine pleasures, guys cook up the most elaborate schoolboy pranks; the brinier the life, the earthier the lingo.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Little clouds of faint violet-coloured mist rise from the lower and brinier portions of the pack, which stretches unbroken to the horizon.
From South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
The house oysters, Blackstone Points, had a seaweed whiff and creamy aftertaste; heftier Pleasant Cove Oysters were the briniest of the 11 types I had on my trip.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
The menu lists them from mildest to briniest, and the selection rotates regularly, depending on local farmer availability.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2021
His briniest hour: Churchill trod carefully as he emerged from the Channel Tatler noted that the Churchills were enjoying themselves "far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife".
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2011
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