sponge
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Traore saw himself as a "big ball of clay" that Jones could mould, and the coach says he was "like a sponge" in terms of retaining information.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
“It’s one that can work as a sponge when there is a flood or respond in the right way when there is a drought.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Households in Germany and North America volunteered to use one of three sponge types as part of their regular dishwashing routines while documenting how the sponges were used.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026
The study found that every sponge tested lost material during use, resulting in the release of microplastics.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026
I smack the side of the car with my sponge.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
The geographic features are hot spots of biodiversity, with corals, sponges and even an octopus garden, just like in the Beatles song.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Environmentalists also say river bank fortifications destroy shallow-water zones where aquatic life and insects breed -- and the adjoining natural floodplains that act like sponges at times of excess water.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Tommy, who used acrylic paint and a mixture of brushes and sponges to achieve different textures, said: 'I just wanted to make something colourful, plus feet are easier to draw than faces!
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Households in Germany and North America volunteered to use one of three sponge types as part of their regular dishwashing routines while documenting how the sponges were used.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026
He took his shaving cream, her soaps, and some sponges and threw them in a bag.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“Michael sort of sponged off of Gary,” Wellman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2025
The magnesium had an unexpected beneficial effect: It "sponged out" inadvertent impurities in the tantalum and, as a result, raised the temperature at which it operates as a superconductor.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 5, 2024
Pastor Pam and Jen lowered me gently to the ground, a kneeling, knowledgeable Officer K sponged me to consciousness and remained with me until the Fire Department arrived.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2022
Within seconds, Mrs. Pitts blinked in surprise, her features relaxing, as if the doctor had sponged away her pain lines.
From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2016
Miss Love sponged Grandpa off while the rest of us ate.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
Alice spends her days cleaning Lady Jemima’s stinky shoes, sponging her underwear and greasing her long blonde hair.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Generative AI is developing so quickly that soon the large-language models sponging up information on the internet will run out of content to feed on.
From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2024
There’s a lot of scraping and sponging involved.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2023
It was Herder who called Europe’s voracious expansionism worldwide “the grand European sponging enterprise.”
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2018
Whenever I’m not mopping the dining room, sponging down the tables, or sweeping the stairs, I’m shooting hoops.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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