mop
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Ferrand-Prevot, perched near-upright with an awkward-fitting aero helmet, looked as if she was trying to catch the French wind with a mop bucket and a pillowcase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
I mop their famous gravy with a hunk of sourdough and hear Sancho Panza in my head and I grin.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026
It sold out, and Hockney began to emerge as an iconic figure with his signature bleached-blond mop, round-rimmed glasses and eye-catching sartorial style.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
"For a brief second, I thought there was someone with a squeegee mop cleaning the outside of the window. I turned around, and it was the bear's wet nose rubbing against the window."
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
He sets the mop in the bucket and looks at me.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
"I have mopped my room more than eight times," she told AFP.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
At First Watch, by the end of Fermine’s shift at around 3 p.m., he will have washed hundreds of dishes, taken out the trash and mopped up the dish room.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
Large investment firms mopped up foreclosed homes after the 2008 housing crash, placing a floor on prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
England at least mopped up the tail in his absence.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026
Then he mopped up under his hat brim with a silk handkerchief.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
"By the time I reach the houses and start sweeping and mopping, my clothes are already soaked. Some days I also have to clean rooftops where the marble floors feel like they are on fire."
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
Grown men are crying and mopping their eyes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
With U.S. warships that once patrolled the strait now deployed chasing drug boats in the Caribbean and mopping up Inuit resistance on Greenland’s coasts, Taipei quickly capitulated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026
Top fire commanders soon made plans to finish mopping up the scene and to leave with their equipment, according to text messages obtained by The Times through a state Public Records Act request.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2025
One of them spent the whole time mopping his face and neck and muttering foreign phrases which Lyddie was sure had to do with the temperature rather than the marvels of the Concord Corporation.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
