sop
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A hedge-fund strategy known as the “basis trade” has helped sop up more Treasury issuance.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 23, 2026
The BOJ’s interest-rate increases may help by bankrupting some of Japan’s zombie companies that sop up resources with no hope of turning a profit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 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
The soup is possible to eat if he doesn't stop to smell it, doesn't stop to think about his grandmother's soup, her thick beef-and-barley soup, and the crusty bread to sop up the hearty broth.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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
The remarkable thing about Christopher Bailey’s show for Burberry is how he sopped up the city’s energy.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2012
Rosaleen’s muumuu was sopped and plastered to her body, and May was catching water in the bowl of her dress skirt and tossing it up across her face.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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
“It’s only when there’s a lot of fresh fruit that the bottom tends to get sopping wet.”
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2024
Then he follows Jeanne and Jacob as they run, keeping the glistening causeway beneath their sopping leather shoes.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
