chores

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Doing laundry, cleaning the tub, getting your upper lip waxed at a nearby salon — these are all chores that fall into this category.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026

Annie says she and her partner also are trying to get their house chores done before about 10am "so I can sit still and stay cool the rest of the day", she says.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

Its role is ballooning across all the less-visceral chores that militaries tackle, particularly in giving priority to intelligence for selecting targets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

"Most of the humanoids you see are being teleoperated, or they've got very specific paths and chores that they do," said Chris Matthieu of startup RealSense, which makes cameras for robots.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

After I did all my chicken chores and my regular chores, I checked to see which of my library books were due.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones