chores
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The Unitree IPO coincided with the start of an annual robot conference in Beijing, where hundreds of robots were competing in athletic events and real-world chores such as sorting warehouse merchandise and folding laundry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
“Within the anime, there are daemons that help and assist the chores of daily life, and that to me I find quite attractive. Like folding the laundry.”
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Buddhism-themed tourism is thriving and tens of thousands of locals and foreigners sign up every year for "temple stay" retreats where they eat simple monastic food, do chores and meditate.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
Annie says she and her partner also are trying to get their house chores done before about 10am "so I can sit still and stay cool the rest of the day", she says.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
And we were a corn, wheat, hay, and hogs farm in a never-ending round of chores, plus the milking.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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