mop up
Example Sentences
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Instead, we should be filling the hoses with water to do a more thorough mop-up.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026
His final three games came in a mop-up role for a Green Bay team that went 4-12 in 1986.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026
Ventura County Fire Chief Dustin Gardner said the department is creating a post-fire policy and mop-up procedures in the wake of the Mountain fire.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025
Fire experts note that, even if the state restricted mop-up in some way, firefighters did not have to leave; they could have patrolled the area longer, used thermal imaging technology and left hose lines out.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2025
And a mop-up squad patrolled outward from the reclaimed camp, picked up two living Throgs, both wandering witlessly.
From Storm Over Warlock by Norton, Andre
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
