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A hedge-fund strategy known as the “basis trade” has helped sop up more Treasury issuance.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 23, 2026

The BOJ’s interest-rate increases may help by bankrupting some of Japan’s zombie companies that sop up resources with no hope of turning a profit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

But if there aren’t enough home listings to sop up that demand, then price growth—which has petered out to a rate slower than wage growth—could reignite.

From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026

“There was also a man whose cell was covered in mold and water and he was using his clothes to sop up the water,” Broder said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2024

The floor of the trailer has a lot of puddled water that took me quite a while to sop up with my jumpsuit.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

The second act begins to drag with slapdash vaudeville showcases that seem like sops to the performers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025

The donutlike gram fritters are fluffy sops for the sauces.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 20, 2023

However you cheeseburger, a few qualities are paramount: flavorful meat, melty-bubbly cheese, a bun that sops, and toppings that complement without stealing the show.

From Salon ● May 27, 2022

At the highest level, therefore, Mr Xi seems to have given sops to other groups.

From Economist ● Oct. 26, 2017

She only got one—a jelly kind with pink sops come through the bread.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

The tofu was cooked beautifully and sopped up the sauce incredibly well, with savory and herbaceous flavor notes of soy, sesame and cilantro permeating the protein.

From Salon ● May 21, 2025

Mayonnaise serves at once as marinade, cooking fat and, once mingled with the pan juices, glossy sauce, which should be sopped up with fluffy rice.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2022

Stale bread sopped up more batter, giving the pudding a forgiving crunch.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 30, 2019

Instead, the flaky fish is simmered in a subtle sauce of saffron, tomato and coconut milk, the kind that’s best when sopped up with white rice.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2016

It’s for my heart, they would say, unstrapping sopped Rolexes from their hairy wrists.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

Yet under the surface, violent moves have been playing out between the big spenders of the artificial-intelligence race and those sopping up the cash.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

“I’m always thinking about sopping up flavors,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

Clear skies helped dry out the sopping city over the weekend but also presented a new danger as temperatures climbed to around 90 degrees and were expected to stay.

From New York Times ● May 19, 2024

I loved how honest and mature Seema is about voicing herself, even while standing outside in salon capes with sopping wet hair.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2023

“Don’t ask me,” Myrtle shouted, emerging with a wave of yet more water, which splashed onto the already sopping floor.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling