salt out
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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“Someone else gave us some rice, a little oil and some salt out of which we made a stew last night and ate that,” she said.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 5, 2023
“It simply takes a lot of energy to pull salt out of water,” said Peter Gleick, president emeritus of the California-based Pacific Institute, who has studied water resources for decades.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2022
If you're going to keep the flour, sugar, and salt out on the counter, put them in pretty canisters.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2022
To take the salt out of saltwater, desalination technology pushes treated seawater across a semi-permeable membrane at pressure.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2022
I blinked salt out of my eyes and spat out another mouthful of sour seawater.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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