marinade
Example Sentences
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It initially hit the right sweet, slightly piquant notes that al pastor meat should — but the flavor quickly dissipated because the marinade hadn’t soaked through the chicken chunks.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
Companies are wrestling with drilling hazards that make it more costly to operate and complaining that the marinade is creeping into their oil-and-gas reservoirs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
Use as a marinade for vegetables or meat.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 2025
Rock hard, they are granulated then infused with a secret marinade of ingredients from the list above, before being roasted to create new flavours, aromas and compounds.
From BBC • Sep. 12, 2024
I wrapped potatoes in foil and stuck them in the oven to bake, covered a steak in marinade and balanced it on top of a carton of eggs in the fridge.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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