mopped
Example Sentences
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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
Together, we mopped the floors, emptied the cabinets of half-eaten bags of pasta and threw away Tupperware with missing tops.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2025
Amid Smith’s onslaught, Pakistan were at least forced to employ Mahmood and Salman Agha, yet it was the skiddy Sajid that mopped up the tail, celebrating with his trademark one-legged Kabbadi pose.
From BBC • Oct. 24, 2024
He paused for only a moment and mopped his brow, the heart within him great with fear and trembling, and with power.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
