do the dishes
Example Sentences
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"Everyone wants to save the world, but no one wants to help mom do the dishes," an X user commented, referencing a quote by American author PJ O'Rourke.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
The humanoid bot can do the dishes, clean and fold laundry, but for now it also requires a human puppet master.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
And the other one is not much of a cook, but we’re like, “You set the table, you clear the table,” he has to do the dishes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2024
He told Slate that Cannon’s reasoning reads as “kind of saying that she didn’t do the dishes and therefore the dishes are dirty.”
From Slate ● May 15, 2024
After eating, I helped Mom do the dishes while Dad got rid of the messy mountain of empty crab shells we’d left on the table.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
