mop

Households in India have long relied on an informal army of domestic workers to mop floors, wash dishes and cook meals.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

I mop their famous gravy with a hunk of sourdough and hear Sancho Panza in my head and I grin.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

He told me to stand in place and watch as he took out all of the cleaning products and, along with cleaning the toilets and sinks, he proceeded to mop the floor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

Seated backstage in a small dressing room, Tweedy grinned beneath a mop of fuzzy hair.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

We borrowed a bucket and mop and a bottle of disinfectant as well as a pile of rags from my mother, whose face was set in a question she did not ask.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

At First Watch, by the end of Fermine’s shift at around 3 p.m., he will have washed hundreds of dishes, taken out the trash and mopped up the dish room.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

Large investment firms mopped up foreclosed homes after the 2008 housing crash, placing a floor on prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

Amid Smith’s onslaught, Pakistan were at least forced to employ Mahmood and Salman Agha, yet it was the skiddy Sajid that mopped up the tail, celebrating with his trademark one-legged Kabbadi pose.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2024

The Tigers acquired McKinstry before the 2023 season and he has proved to be a valuable utility man, playing every position except catcher — yes, he’s even mopped up on the mound on four occasions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2024

I unloaded that pallet of pasta and got it on the shelves and I mopped produce.”

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner

For Katya, a professional events organiser, the parties have stopped - and her world and life have been disrupted following the raid, trial and community service spent mopping hospital floors.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

Voting trends show the BJP mopping up more than 44% of the vote this time.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

With U.S. warships that once patrolled the strait now deployed chasing drug boats in the Caribbean and mopping up Inuit resistance on Greenland’s coasts, Taipei quickly capitulated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026

Abrar Ahmed complemented Shadab neatly, finishing with 3-25, while left-arm quick Salman Mirza bowled with fire, mopping up the tail with figures of 3-18 as Sri Lanka were bowled out with four balls unused.

From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026

Mrs. Weasley fell back against her husband and watched Fleur mopping up Bill’s wounds with a most curious expression upon her face.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling