marinate
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No, I will take full accountability and marinate in my stupidity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
For at least one more year, the Sparks have to marinate in their past mistakes and hope that their veterans can somehow lay a foundation for their future..
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
"Sometimes a song needs to marinate for a year, six months, it can take some time," she says.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2025
I will typically use it to marinate flank steak, but recently I used it with my grilled chicken and stone fruit chutney, and it reminded me how this sauce really does go with everything.
From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2024
“I need time for marinate your dad’s favorite ribs. Wouldn’t be right to eat any kine food.”
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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A trained writer, meanwhile, marinates in speech from people who weren’t taught the nuances of lay vs. lie, or pedagogically hassled out of extraneous likes.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2022
As sushi purveyors did before the age of refrigeration, he marinates some fish in soy and presses others beneath sheets of kelp.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2021
He says he marinates his steak with sofrito and sazón, a spice mix containing achiote, a spice with an earthy, smoky flavor.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2021
As this happens, our culture marinates in the toxic assumption "that everything ought to be done for the sake of something else, and never for its own sake."
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2021
Now behold water-spouts vomiting as they rush over the pavements, and rubbish marinates in puddles that fill the holes scooped out of the macadam.
From Against the Grain by Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl)
It’s excellent served in a bowl as a snack, but it’s also very good scattered over whipped ricotta, tomato soup, marinated beans, roasted vegetables or a big Caesar-ish salad.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
The app has boosted lesser-known businesses and sent tourists in droves to unconventional locations such as Zibo, a quiet industrial city in Shandong, after its cheap, marinated barbecue skewers went viral.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
The marinated and charbroiled chicken shawarma—which Winnebago drivers can order in a party-platter size for $89.99—is a highlight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
It’s billed as different from “your average rib sandwich,” with ribs that have been hand-deboned, marinated in a proprietary barbecue-sauce blend with apple-cider vinegar, then slow-cooked for nine hours.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 29, 2026
I get sacco beans, which are pinto beans marinated in oil and vinegar and crushed red pepper.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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This isn’t Tom Brady marinating on an Eames chair for six weeks before deciding to give football another go.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
One of my favorite uses is marinating white beans.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
Many people are numb or marinating in indignation and anger.
From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026
It’s helpful to have a framework, a structured environment, for marinating in stillness.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2025
The ground beef was marinating in so much lard it looked as if it were encased in Jell-O.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
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