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squeegee

[skwee-jee, skwee-jee] / ˈskwi dʒi, skwiˈdʒi /
NOUN
mop
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“Poppy,” a multicolored abstract from 1995 created using the German artist’s signature squeegee gesture is expected to sell for around $15 million.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 9, 2026

"For a brief second, I thought there was someone with a squeegee mop cleaning the outside of the window. I turned around, and it was the bear's wet nose rubbing against the window."

From BBC Apr. 8, 2026

Now, 30 years after it premiered here, also around Thanksgiving, the digital squeegee has been applied to “Anthology,” the band’s own multi-part video memoir.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 26, 2025

Pushing dark water out the door with a squeegee, Getchell firefighter Travis Hots said he took the day off to help clean the Silvana Viking Hall, a local community center where he was married.

From Seattle Times Dec. 7, 2023

Dicey didn’t even know what a squeegee was.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

The players finally re-emerged for warm-ups about one hour and 40 minutes later, and even then the restart was delayed further as stadium personnel used squeegees to remove standing water off the pitch.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

Others have hit the streets, selling flowers and brandishing squeegees to wash car windows.

From New York Times Feb. 12, 2024

Working with sponges, brushes, towels, squeegees, hand-cut stencils and a rich array of oil-based inks, Mr. Stovall helped demonstrate that printmaking was an art form, not just a commercial craft.

From Washington Post Mar. 4, 2023

Out came the squeegees, and a delay waiting for them to move away the water.

From Seattle Times Mar. 11, 2022

The tar was made hot and applied to the surfaces with rubber squeegees and then sanded.

From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette

Sequim’s lavender industry is a curious attraction in this heavily squeegeed corner of the Pacific Northwest.

From Washington Post Jul. 22, 2022

Bruce Lee had so much of it, it practically had to be squeegeed off the walls whenever he was in a room.

From Seattle Times Jul. 22, 2021

While water trickled steadily from ceilings and air vents, Pam Walker, director of basketball operations, squeegeed next to Jonah Badrna, a custodian.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2014

Anyone with the mildest case of synaesthesia will have a jarring time of it with some of these paintings, where the same words – Blah Blah Blah – come squeegeed in cacophonously multicoloured arrays.

From The Guardian Oct. 13, 2012

The windshield of the SUV was filthy, smeared with dead hugs, even though Dad had squeegeed it when they last stopped to refuel.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

Rogers climbed into his pickup truck after squeegeeing his windshield.

From Washington Times Aug. 4, 2023

He said squeegeeing has taught him to develop a unique brand of customer service.

From Seattle Times Jan. 9, 2023

Perhaps most importantly, he said, squeegeeing has taught him perseverance — how to accept rejection and keep moving.

From Seattle Times Jan. 9, 2023

But by squeegeeing the layers separately one right after the other, the researchers laid down a better network of donors and acceptors at up to 30 m per minute.

From Science Magazine Nov. 10, 2022

Then that enormous tongue poked out and spun clockwise around his face, squeegeeing the icing and cake away in one sloppy swipe.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers




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