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salty

[sawl-tee] / ˈsɔl ti /




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Some rancid wine that tasted like "salty bin juice", according to comedian Joanne McNally, topped off possibly the most revolting task yet.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

He noted that along with GLP-1s, potential restrictions on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, subsidies could also put pressure on sales of salty snacks.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

The dinosaur ended up in a salty marsh, where conditions slowed decomposition and helped preserve the fragile network of blood vessels.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

One woman got mad and left the chat, another got stranded and a salty side conversation got translated to text and circulated to all.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

You could almost smell the salty air coming off the waves.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

That was particularly true in areas like saltier snacks, said Jocelyn Carter, senior strategic marketing director for private label at ingredient developer Kerry.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

As warm, salty surface water travels north through the Atlantic, evaporation makes it saltier.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Or it could simply be more evidence that New Yorkers are saltier than average sports fans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2025

The kind of pickles you use also matters, as some brines lean more sweeter, while others are saltier.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2025

But what she brought back was familiar, the dried fish even saltier, and she sang, with an amused expression, the song the women sang at the center.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Stewart did not refrain from expressing this opinion in the saltiest terms on-air, especially to Carlson, the show’s co-host who was cast as the overgrown college Republican with odious views and a polka dot bowtie.

From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2026

The saltiest language — some of it referring to Heard — was silenced on Court TV, which is broadcasting the trial live.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2022

With that goal in mind, Pugh, Manda and Andrea Gibbs, the local agriculture agent for North Carolina Cooperative Extension, convened at the edge of Pugh’s saltiest field on a recent blustery afternoon.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 1, 2019

That is why, to me, swimming will always mean swimming in the Pacific, in water that can only be described in extremes: the bluest, the saltiest, the wildest, the least predictable.

From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2016

When the captain sent down Lieutenant Boggs for a supply of rations, Bill sent the saltiest, rankest bacon he could find, with a message that he wanted to see the great man.

From Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories by F. C. (Frederick Coffay) Yohn




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