do the dishes
Example Sentences
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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
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
"It's like when I make him do the dishes and he always misses a bit, I couldn't rely on him," she said.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2024
They cook, fill the plates, do the dishes, clean the kitchen, take the kids’ names, input them in the computer system and serve the meals.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2023
I insisted that I had to do something, and that if he cooked, it was only fair for me to do the dishes.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
