do the dishes
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“I do the dishes at home, I have to put my wash away. You gotta take the dogs for a walk, even if I don’t like to do that.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
"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
Meredith Olan, director of the Banner House history museum, has been hauling water from the creek and boiling it just to do the dishes.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 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
Waited for him to do the dishes, wipe the counters.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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