do the dishes
Example Sentences
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The humanoid bot can do the dishes, clean and fold laundry, but for now it also requires a human puppet master.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
He told Slate that Cannon’s reasoning reads as “kind of saying that she didn’t do the dishes and therefore the dishes are dirty.”
From Slate • May 15, 2024
"It's like when I make him do the dishes and he always misses a bit, I couldn't rely on him," she said.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2024
“I don’t think I’m divulging anything private by saying she was having him do the dishes and sweep the floors,” Riesenfeld said of the first partner and Gov. Newsom during the pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2023
At lunch I’d help Mother cook and do the dishes, then I’d return, either to the junkyard or to the forklift.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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