mop
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By about 6 p.m., forward progress had been stopped, with crews remaining at the site to mop up, Stewart said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The Spaniard was wearing a compression sleeve on his right arm, and the skin fade of earlier in the year has been replaced by a mop of black hair.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 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
“Is it about the history of this school’s vice principal having his office inside an old janitor’s closet complete with a mop sink?”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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
"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
I’d wiped down the counters and mopped the floor, and Elizabeth washed the pans.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
At the institute, Wright participated in a work-study program — mopping floors, answering phones and interviewing other acting hopefuls to see if they had what it took to make it in the program.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
"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
The waiters were sweeping out the café and mopping off the tables.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
