steeped

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The company’s IPO filing doc is steeped in classic Musk weirdness.

From Slate • May 23, 2026

How appropriate that its bittersweet final act is so steeped in scripture, echoing God’s words to Rebekah about Jacob and Esau’s destiny.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

Ms. Margulis recalls her studies at a music conservatory, steeped as it was in the view that music operated “in some ethereal realm,” pure and detached from the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

And then there’s literary chameleon Silvia Moreno-Garcia, who slips into a dark and steamy tale steeped in the tropes of James M. Cain, recent Mexican history and telenovelas.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

We steeped the leaves in the water I had boiled.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys