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verb

past tense of soak
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as in stung
to charge (someone) too much for goods or services a merchant who soaks the tourists every summer

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as in drank
to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages depressed about his love life, he repaired to a bar to soak

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Recent Examples of soaked
Adjective
Add the soaked bread and its water to the blender along with the tomatoes, onion, and bell pepper. Laura McLively, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025 The oversized, dual-textured, pre-soaked treatment towelettes bring the power of clinical skincare to your bodycare routine. Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025 Nelson’s famed guitar, Trigger, was on his bus and unharmed, but other gear and equipment were so soaked or damaged that the next stop on the tour, in Oklahoma, had to be nixed as well. David Browne, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025 Once butter is melted and bubbling, add 3 soaked bread slices to pan and cook until golden brown, about 2 minutes per side. Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025 Watch this video to see the rice-free way to dry out a soaked smartphone. Cody Godwin, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
The Bahamas are still enduring Imelda’s winds and heavy rain after being soaked over the weekend, even as the storm started to move away Monday afternoon. Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025 Much of the Bahamas are expected to be soaked — with six to twelve inches of rain in the heaviest spots near the northwest — and be swept by winds of 45 mph and up as the depression strengthens into Tropical Storm Imelda as early as today. Alex Harris updated September 28, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2025 One battle after another Craig Breslow stood in the middle of the clubhouse, his red shirt soaked and his flip-flops sticky with champagne. Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025 Bloody, sweat-soaked, and teary-eyed is an apt description for many of the runners partaking in L’Échappée Belle race. Anna Richards, Outside, 18 Sep. 2025 As for towels, they'll likely be soaked or caked with mud after every use. Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2025 That event was booze-soaked; Zachary is now many years sober. Jordan Michelman, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025 The sod is reset and soaked thoroughly. Steven Searcy, IEEE Spectrum, 31 Aug. 2025 The rain then turned into a storm and the temperatures dropped, leaving Luhn soaked despite his makeshift shelter. David Chiu, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soaked
Adjective
  • The letter is dripping with LOVE for Israel and a frustration for its failure on social media.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The Wall Street Hotel’s afternoon tea spot is dripping with jewel tones—a teal-blue carpet, mustard lounge chairs, a deep-red banquette.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Second, the fried breading on the chicken cutlets absorbs the sauce, meaning each bite is saturated with flavor.
    Josh Miller, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Once the chemical medium is saturated with CO2, the system shifts to regeneration.
    Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Last year’s finals loss stung because the Lynx came so close.
    Ben Pickman, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Congressional Democrats feel stung by the mass layoffs and program cuts that followed the last stopgap spending deal in March.
    Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Giovanni drank himself into an early grave.
    Rachel Linden, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Marathon runners collapsing at the finish line often drank too much plain water, not too little.
    Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • China began conducting the contentious patrols after a February 2024 accident in which two Chinese fishermen drowned near Kinmen while fleeing from Taiwan’s coast guard.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The 46-year-old former country star and 42-year-old actress suffered a tragedy in 2019 when their 3-year-old son River drowned in the pool outside their Texas home.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Successive hurricanes had gouged a hole in the Sunshine State, leaving several private carriers insolvent — and leaving hundreds of thousands of their customers with no choice but Citizens.
    Mario Ariza, ProPublica, 15 Sep. 2025
  • But a low spot in the ocean, a channel gouged down into the sand on the ocean surface, or a break in a sandbar, can disrupt that flow and push water through the spot to create a current much more powerful than the surrounding flow.
    Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • But the comedy is absolutely something that wets my beak, I'm drawn to it.
    H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • What sold me on the Shapton set was the process of wetting the whetstones.
    Jesse Raub, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Pre-washed greens, like those in salad kits, aren’t immune to these issues.
    Danielle Zickl, Health, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Nothing is pre-washed and none of the ingredients for my recipes were pre-cut.
    Alexis Berger, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025

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“Soaked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soaked. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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