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mop

[mop] / mɒp /
NOUN
tangle of material, often used to
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NOUN
thick mass of hair
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Hundreds of young Russians gathered outside a Moscow courthouse where Yabloko’s bespectacled chairman, Nikolai Rybakov, who has a mop of brown hair and looks like a small-town librarian, spent hours appealing the ruling in vain.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

Households in India have long relied on an informal army of domestic workers to mop floors, wash dishes and cook meals.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 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

Barry Keoghan is playing Starr and has been spotted around town with an iconic Beatles-style mop top hairstyle.

From BBC Apr. 23, 2026

I dropped the mop in the middle of the floor and ran after her.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

Perhaps England could have pushed towards 290, but Axar induced Dawson into a pull to deep square, then the left-arm spinner mopped up the tail.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

With the pitch turning, India had fielders crowded around the bat as their spinners then mopped up the tail with England skittled for 186.

From BBC Jul. 13, 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

I let go of Peach’s shoulders and mopped wet hair away from my face.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

For Katya, a professional events organiser, the parties have stopped - and her world and life have been disrupted following the raid, trial and community service spent mopping hospital floors.

From BBC May 15, 2026

Willy might as well be delivering newspapers or mopping the kitchen floor, so disconnected are his gestures.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 1, 2026

Abrar Ahmed complemented Shadab neatly, finishing with 3-25, while left-arm quick Salman Mirza bowled with fire, mopping up the tail with figures of 3-18 as Sri Lanka were bowled out with four balls unused.

From Barron's Jan. 7, 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

“Great. So much for keeping a low profile! Now I’m going to smell like a wet diaper,” Delia said, mopping over her saliva-slathered hair with the hem of her T-shirt.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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