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But there’s something uniquely insidious about how the phone is eager to sop up the bounty of time that retirement has granted me.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

A hedge-fund strategy known as the “basis trade” has helped sop up more Treasury issuance.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 23, 2026

But if there aren’t enough home listings to sop up that demand, then price growth—which has petered out to a rate slower than wage growth—could reignite.

From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026

A creek had been dammed, creating ponds that slowed the flow of water so the surrounding earth had more time to sop it up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2024

I have thrown this routing in as a sop and shall not make a habit of it.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

The second act begins to drag with slapdash vaudeville showcases that seem like sops to the performers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025

The donutlike gram fritters are fluffy sops for the sauces.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 20, 2023

However you cheeseburger, a few qualities are paramount: flavorful meat, melty-bubbly cheese, a bun that sops, and toppings that complement without stealing the show.

From Salon ● May 27, 2022

At the highest level, therefore, Mr Xi seems to have given sops to other groups.

From Economist ● Oct. 26, 2017

But give them one minute longer and I’d end up pulling Fern off of Vonetta and mopping up sops of water splashed onto the bathroom tiles.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia

This kind of preparation makes them perfect to eat over basmati rice and roti, the gravy poured over the former or sopped up with the latter.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2023

Over time, the U.S. economy would be forced to adjust downward, as massive current account deficits could no longer be sopped up by the rest of the world.

From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2022

Stale bread sopped up more batter, giving the pudding a forgiving crunch.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 30, 2019

The remarkable thing about Christopher Bailey’s show for Burberry is how he sopped up the city’s energy.

From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2012

For nearly a year, I sopped around the house, the Store, the school and the church, like an old biscuit, dirty and inedible.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

Yet under the surface, violent moves have been playing out between the big spenders of the artificial-intelligence race and those sopping up the cash.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

“I’m always thinking about sopping up flavors,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

The chewy morsels come sopping in soy sauce and flecked with chile flakes, with a rich and juicy meat filling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025

“It’s only when there’s a lot of fresh fruit that the bottom tends to get sopping wet.”

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2024

But here I am, sopping wet, like I’ve just deboarded the log flume at the Kennywood amusement park back home in West Mifflin.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle