as in sea
the whole body of salt water that covers nearly three-fourths of the earth
for hundreds of years people from Atlantic Canada have made their living from the brine
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There’s also cocktails from the mixologist Jason Diaz: The Sultan’s Touch combines vodka, za’atar dry vermouth, and Castelvetrano brine, while the Leila Negroni mixes gin with coconut pandan Campari and vermouth.
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2025
At the level of individual samples, subsurface archaea were most diverse in brines, caves, cold seeps, springs, and the deep sea.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2025
This creative twist on a dirty martini uses celery bitters and spicy carrot brine in place of the traditional olives to achieve a delightfully tangy, savory flavor – served with a side of chips for the salt.
—Sara Rosenthal, The Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2024
Though Earth’s soda lakes are somewhat chemically similar to Bennu’s ancient brines, the asteroid has a couple of clear differences: an abundance of phosphorus and a lack of boron.
—Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2025
At the level of individual samples, subsurface archaea were most diverse in brines, caves, cold seeps, springs, and the deep sea.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2025
This creative twist on a dirty martini uses celery bitters and spicy carrot brine in place of the traditional olives to achieve a delightfully tangy, savory flavor – served with a side of chips for the salt.
—Sara Rosenthal, The Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2024
Though Earth’s soda lakes are somewhat chemically similar to Bennu’s ancient brines, the asteroid has a couple of clear differences: an abundance of phosphorus and a lack of boron.
—Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Brine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brine. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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