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She ran in place, holding hands with her stepmother, who kept slipping on the macerated mixture.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Sitting in the clubhouse, a still soaked MacIntyre gawped at the TV screen, clattered his macerated hands together in applause, and mouthed "wow" as his dream died.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2025

We dressed our version up with macerated, syrupy raspberries and fizzy sparkling water for pizzazz.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2023

The secret plant parts are macerated and then aged with pure distilled alcohol in oak barrels for five years before being bottled.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2022

As she confided in her diary, the breakup of her previous engagement had left her “mangled and torn and castigated and macerated in soul.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield