mop
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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
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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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