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In the South Bay, one of the earlier protests saw a tidy column of around 50 protesters walked south on the boardwalk connecting Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

"In reality, grief is messy, unpredictable and deeply individual. People move back and forth between feelings, and the idea of a tidy, linear process simply doesn't reflect how grief actually works."

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

He puts the authorities' leniency down partly to the tidy and spartan way he operates his business: a bench, umbrella, card reader and table that he folds up and carts away each evening.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

It was a strange little society of meats that belonged neither behind the butcher counter nor among the premium lunch meats — the thin-sliced turkey in its tidy package, the glossy hunk of honey ham.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

Inside, the store was about as tidy as an actual barn and didn’t smell much better.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

Moriarty figures heavily in the opening episodes of “Sherlock & Daughter” too, although Dougray Scott lends a malevolent scruff to him that Park’s interpretation tidies up.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2025

Watch: Mouse tidies up man's shed every night.

From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2024

By the final verse, he tidies it up and proposes overcoming his exhaustion, for the river.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2023

Although the deception predictably comes to a head, as Joy’s husband and daughter act on their suspicions that something is awry, “Call Jane” tidies that mess with baffling brevity.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2022

We put on our uniforms and sit down to our breakfast of tea and sesame-topped bizkochikos, our favorite biscuits, while Mima tidies the kitchen and Papa reads the newspaper with a pair of thick glasses.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

Given that gentrification, almost by definition, transforms high-disorder areas into tidier ones, and given that the process appears to be continuing in New York and other cities, hasn’t Mr. Gottlieb got matters exactly backward?

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

Sure, it would be tidier, and feel better, to get all of one’s support from like-minded individuals.

From Slate ● Feb. 15, 2026

All-rounder Ryan Higgins gets to share the new ball with Ethan Bamber and his first over, from the Pavilion End, is a tidier one with just a single conceded to Billy Root.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2024

Many natives can be pruned for a tidier appearance, though you may sacrifice some habitat value.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2024

She picked up her chained dæmon, whose baleful eyes glared at Lord Asriel over her shoulder, and went through to make herself tidier.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

It's not the tidiest grinder I've ever used, but it's the best for brewed coffee.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2022

For most programs, it makes for the tidiest narrative to create icing out of what comes after the region final.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2019

The book was shaped, in collaboration with the composers, by Rick Elice, a writer of “Jersey Boys,” that tidiest of blockbuster jukebox musicals, as well as the ecstatic story-theater piece “Peter and the Starcatcher.”

From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2018

"One thing we've become professionals at is reading our diary onstage," Seth says in the tidiest encapsulation of their songwriting style.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2018

I have to say he was the tidiest person in the house, as opposed to Sophie, who used the floor as a display rack for her clothing choices.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

The focus of the story is something being resolved and tidied up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

NBC’s chief had tidied his desk for the conversation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

One robot tidied cupboards and wiped surfaces, while others put orange juice and milk in the fridge, threw away empty packaging and loaded the dishwasher.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

That night, Gil tidied up around the store, cleaned the bathroom, got ready to close for the day.

From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026

She handed Claire a dry cloth and together they dried and tidied the dead woman, folding her arms finally across her gaunt chest.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry

For all of its capabilities, artificial intelligence has yet to save us from tidying up before the cleaner comes.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

I'm told there is epic desk tidying to make a good impression when the new boss arrives.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

Some colleagues wish he had picked a less loaded term for what they hope is an overdue tidying of operational lines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

Beijing cleaner Lin Meiqiong found her work a little easier the day she was paired with an unlikely new colleague -- a tall, wheeled robot with AI-powered tidying skills.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

Gliding through rooms as though it is tidying this, straightening that.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison