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marinate

[mar-uh-neyt] / ˈmær əˌneɪt /
VERB
soak
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No, I will take full accountability and marinate in my stupidity.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

The Rams don’t have much time to marinate in the victory: the rival San Francisco 49ers are coming to town on Thursday night.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2025

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

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025

Mark's choice leaves us to marinate on all the possible consequences of that and all the other action.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2025

Sitti said they would teach her how to sew and pick lentils and marinate olives and carry water from the spring on her head and speak Arabic.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye




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