salted

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Many try to keep cool by covering their heads, drinking salted water or adjusting work hours to avoid the harshest afternoon sun - but such measures offer only limited relief.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Cramped inside vessels overladen with precious cargo, crewmembers subsisted on a miserable diet of hardtack, an unleavened bread, and salted meat and fish that routinely spoiled and left many gravely ill.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

For most of human history, the diet was a prisoner of the seasons and dictated by whatever could be smoked, pickled, salted or buried in a dark cellar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

It’s at restaurants — when vegetables arrive glossy, salted, unapologetic.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

After he had caught and salted his crab bait, he did a little fishing to pass the days and even some house repairs.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson