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Recent Examples of presoak
For added effectiveness when dealing with tough stains, simply presoak with Orange House Laundry Detergent before washing normally.
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Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
Natural enzymes help break down proteins, starches, and fats, so there's no need to presoak your dishes.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023
Don’t poke the eggs with a pin, presoak them in vinegar, or even add salt to the water—although eggshells are porous, flavors won’t have time to penetrate an egg during a few minutes of cooking.
—Paul Kita, Men's Health, 15 Dec. 2022
If using wooden skewers, presoak them in water for 30 minutes to prevent burning.
—Lisa Lillien, PEOPLE.com, 2 July 2018
Ingredients: Oak chips 10 juniper berries, bruised Salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Step 1:
Prepare grill with an even layer of coals, and presoaked chips for smoking.
—For Kroger, The Courier-Journal, 18 Sep. 2017
Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
Natural enzymes help break down proteins, starches, and fats, so there's no need to presoak your dishes.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023
Don’t poke the eggs with a pin, presoak them in vinegar, or even add salt to the water—although eggshells are porous, flavors won’t have time to penetrate an egg during a few minutes of cooking.
—Paul Kita, Men's Health, 15 Dec. 2022
If using wooden skewers, presoak them in water for 30 minutes to prevent burning.
—Lisa Lillien, PEOPLE.com, 2 July 2018
Ingredients: Oak chips 10 juniper berries, bruised Salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Step 1:
Prepare grill with an even layer of coals, and presoaked chips for smoking.
—For Kroger, The Courier-Journal, 18 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for presoak
Verb
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Cooking time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, plus overnight bean soak.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2025
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For stubborn stains, soak the linen in cool or lukewarm water with a small amount of oxygen bleach for up to a few hours.—
Christina Pérez,
Vogue,
31 May 2025
Verb
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For large campuses, redundant programing is often needed, and there may be times in which saturating a campus with an outreach initiative is warranted.—
Eric Wood,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Price’s staff alleged the blaze sent a toxic plume saturated with lead and other dangerous chemicals drifting over the East Bay, before the company’s staff allegedly tried covering it up.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
4 June 2025
Verb
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But, in the Old Master paintings in which Saville had steeped herself, representations of children, especially in religious imagery, often missed something essential about their nature, and about the ways in which maternal care taxes even the most devoted.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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Among the group is a pair of Black twins, whose professor mentions Mengele’s fixation with identical siblings, which both portends fleeting dramatic moments in the rest of the film, and also steeps this post-mortem study in dramatic irony.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
20 May 2025
Verb
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The errands that followed included sowing and watering seeds in a garden before heading into the house to prepare dinner.—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
8 June 2025
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Sometimes the surfer catches a gnarly wave, and other times a shark catches the surfer. Luckily for one California surfer, a shark swimming in San Mateo County waters over the weekend managed to get only a sample of his surfboard.—
Nathan Solis,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2025
Verb
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Cooking time: 40 minutes, plus 2 to 4 hours hands-off time to macerate the berries.—
Carolynn Carreño,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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It’s made from a wheat base spirit that is macerated (like a gin) with herbs, spices, and tomatoes.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
6 June 2025
Verb
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The 14-year-old was raped and… impregnated, and the sponsor ultimately was arrested.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
20 May 2025
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In 1961, his 13-year-old sister Kitty accused him of raping and impregnating her, according to Fred and Rose: The Full Story of Fred and Rose West and the Gloucester House of Horrors.—
Alex Gurley,
People.com,
16 May 2025
Verb
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The game was supposed to start at 5 p.m., but heavy rains moved into the area just before gametime, drenching the fields and causing the delay.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 May 2025
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Prom Queen, which premiered on May 23, is the streamer's newest installment of horror mystery drenched in '80s aesthetics.—
Jane LaCroix,
People.com,
24 May 2025
Verb
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Consumers should also wash and disinfect any surfaces that came in contact with the eggs.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 June 2025
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The hilltop compound is perhaps most famous for its car museum, a nearly 24,000-square-foot showstopper built to house Lyon’s epic personal collection, with room for 70 vehicles (none included with the sale, unfortunately), as well as an auto shop and wash and gas stations.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
6 June 2025
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“Presoak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presoak. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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