mopping

Example Sentences

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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

Voting trends show the BJP mopping up more than 44% of the vote this time.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

They are also essential workhorses, often the last to leave at night, after mopping floors and taking out the trash.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

But it faces a mammoth task, with polls showing that the Green Party -- newly headed by a charismatic leader 30 years younger than Corbyn -- is mopping up most disaffected lefties.

From Barron's • Nov. 29, 2025

“I can get my schoolwork done early in the morning,” Jackson said, mopping up the last of his eggs with a crust of toast.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis