soaking
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Wash and rinse the rice before soaking it in a fresh bowl of water for 20 to 25 minutes.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026
Exploitation of that combination is now ubiquitous on social media, soaking into the new youth culture.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
And his Golden Globes date is still soaking in every moment.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
The chicken warms gently in the pan, soaking it up, and suddenly you have a dinner that feels borderline dinner-party-adjacent.
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026
In addition, the accumulation of black soot and debris around the camp was soaking up the heat of the sun and warming the floe, turning the surface to slush.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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