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sponging

adjective as in freeloading

noun as in bath

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“I was born in ’75, and I absorbed the ’80s like a sponge, for better or for worse,” he said.

Ideally, Sodha said, brushes should be washed after every use and any type of sponge treated as disposable, but ultimately the process is “very individual” and people need to figure out what works for them.

Stacie Thomas, a makeup artist and educator in Seattle, said she does a deep clean of the brushes and sponges she uses on herself weekly.

Soap dispensing sponge holder by OXONo more messy soap bottlesFor a job that makes things cleaner, washing dishes can be a mess.

Press your sponge down on the grate-like plastic top, and the dispenser will inject it full of suds.

The biggest pre-election issue, Haredi sponging and shirking of military service, was captured by Yair Lapid.

I never had the slightest hesitation in sponging upon any human creature.

What if the sleep became a merciful finality, sponging out the aimless unrest men called life?

The large tin sponging-bath is itself not sufficiently portable to be carried as railway luggage, but there are many substitutes.

She found Robert with his arm doubled over a basin, and Susan sponging cold water on it.

We floundered in swales sponging full of dead leaves, and drew back, scratching ourselves on low-hung foliage.

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On this page you'll find 21 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sponging, such as: bumming, leeching, null, bloodsucking, and parasitical.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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