sop
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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
A creek had been dammed, creating ponds that slowed the flow of water so the surrounding earth had more time to sop it up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
I made a fire, the tree room warmed, and I puttered around with a concoction I call possum sop.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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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
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This kind of preparation makes them perfect to eat over basmati rice and roti, the gravy poured over the former or sopped up with the latter.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
Over time, the U.S. economy would be forced to adjust downward, as massive current account deficits could no longer be sopped up by the rest of the world.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2022
The cash crunch occurred as corporate taxes came due and government bond issuance sopped up liquid cash.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2019
Stale bread sopped up more batter, giving the pudding a forgiving crunch.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 30, 2019
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
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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
The chewy morsels come sopping in soy sauce and flecked with chile flakes, with a rich and juicy meat filling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025
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
The bookstore was run by seeming quintuplets, by five short, bald men chewing unlit cigars that were sopping wet.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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