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But there’s something uniquely insidious about how the phone is eager to sop up the bounty of time that retirement has granted me.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

A hedge-fund strategy known as the “basis trade” has helped sop up more Treasury issuance.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 23, 2026

But if there aren’t enough home listings to sop up that demand, then price growth—which has petered out to a rate slower than wage growth—could reignite.

From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026

“There was also a man whose cell was covered in mold and water and he was using his clothes to sop up the water,” Broder said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2024

I have thrown this routing in as a sop and shall not make a habit of it.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

The second act begins to drag with slapdash vaudeville showcases that seem like sops to the performers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025

The donutlike gram fritters are fluffy sops for the sauces.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 20, 2023

However you cheeseburger, a few qualities are paramount: flavorful meat, melty-bubbly cheese, a bun that sops, and toppings that complement without stealing the show.

From Salon ● May 27, 2022

At the highest level, therefore, Mr Xi seems to have given sops to other groups.

From Economist ● Oct. 26, 2017

She only got one—a jelly kind with pink sops come through the bread.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

The tofu was cooked beautifully and sopped up the sauce incredibly well, with savory and herbaceous flavor notes of soy, sesame and cilantro permeating the protein.

From Salon ● May 21, 2025

Mayonnaise serves at once as marinade, cooking fat and, once mingled with the pan juices, glossy sauce, which should be sopped up with fluffy rice.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2022

Stale bread sopped up more batter, giving the pudding a forgiving crunch.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 30, 2019

Instead, the flaky fish is simmered in a subtle sauce of saffron, tomato and coconut milk, the kind that’s best when sopped up with white rice.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2016

For nearly a year, I sopped around the house, the Store, the school and the church, like an old biscuit, dirty and inedible.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

Yet under the surface, violent moves have been playing out between the big spenders of the artificial-intelligence race and those sopping up the cash.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

“I’m always thinking about sopping up flavors,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

“It’s only when there’s a lot of fresh fruit that the bottom tends to get sopping wet.”

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2024

Clear skies helped dry out the sopping city over the weekend but also presented a new danger as temperatures climbed to around 90 degrees and were expected to stay.

From New York Times ● May 19, 2024

Her camouflage jacket was sopping and she smelled like sewage.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan