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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

Mother twinkled with pleasure at this, which of course was his intended result, but I could tell his heart wasn’t in it, he was just throwing her a sop.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

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

But give them one minute longer and I’d end up pulling Fern off of Vonetta and mopping up sops of water splashed onto the bathroom tiles.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia

This kind of preparation makes them perfect to eat over basmati rice and roti, the gravy poured over the former or sopped up with the latter.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2023

Over time, the U.S. economy would be forced to adjust downward, as massive current account deficits could no longer be sopped up by the rest of the world.

From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2022

The cash crunch occurred as corporate taxes came due and government bond issuance sopped up liquid cash.

From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2019

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

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 30, 2019

Rosaleen’s muumuu was sopped and plastered to her body, and May was catching water in the bowl of her dress skirt and tossing it up across her face.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

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

Her camouflage jacket was sopping and she smelled like sewage.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan