sponge
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Francesca says she eats bread with Nutella for breakfast, a chocolate-filled sponge cake as a snack, pasta with lentils for lunch and usually chicken for dinner.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 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
It will occupy an area partly covered in a marshy oasis, or "vega," which acts as a natural sponge.
From Barron's ● May 23, 2026
The smiles left our faces as though wiped clean by a sponge.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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
Although kitchen sponges are used daily in millions of households, their role as a source of microplastics has received relatively little attention.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026
The “underwater city” of a barrier reef bustles with activity, with vibrantly patterned fish darting busily between corals and sea sponges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
A study published in ACS Environmental Science & Technology suggests that melamine sponges could be a surprisingly large source of microplastic pollution.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 18, 2026
They ate dinner and slept till morning and then bathed again with sponges and washed their hair in basins of warm water.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
“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
Maintenance and repairs sponged up dollars so fast that had lawmakers not acted, no money would have been left for new construction or even to unlock federal matching grants.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 30, 2022
His ancient valet, Johnny Mitchell, bent over him, his tears falling onto Tommy’s cheeks as he gently sponged the mud and blood away.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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
There’s a lot of scraping and sponging involved.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2023
He hung around the Cincinnati station at all hours, sponging up shot composition and camera angles.
From New York Times ● May 18, 2022
I’ve got her stool and her bucket and her towel, and I’m sponging her off on a nightly basis, sending her back into the fray.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2022
Fifty track workers slogged over the course, sponging the mud out of the puddles.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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