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squeegee

[skwee-jee, skwee-jee] / ˈskwi dʒi, skwiˈdʒi /
NOUN
mop
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The pieces, all individually crafted, often require more than one squeegee pass.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

“Poppy,” a multicolored abstract from 1995 created using the German artist’s signature squeegee gesture is expected to sell for around $15 million.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 9, 2026

"For a brief second, I thought there was someone with a squeegee mop cleaning the outside of the window. I turned around, and it was the bear's wet nose rubbing against the window."

From BBC Apr. 8, 2026

Edan McPherson dips a long squeegee into a pool of melted chocolate, draws the rubber blade across the coarse mesh.

From New York Times Sep. 1, 2023

Her supplies, once she had made the original purchase of bucket and long-handled squeegee, cost her five dollars a week.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

The players finally re-emerged for warm-ups about one hour and 40 minutes later, and even then the restart was delayed further as stadium personnel used squeegees to remove standing water off the pitch.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

Others have hit the streets, selling flowers and brandishing squeegees to wash car windows.

From New York Times Feb. 12, 2024

About an inch of rain fell during the delay, and workers who cleared brush off the course in the morning used squeegees and blowers to get standing water off fairways and greens.

From Seattle Times Jul. 10, 2021

Stadium crews armed with squeegees and blowers were forced into action before the first semifinal, at halftimes and between matches.

From Washington Post Dec. 13, 2019

Now, boys, lay aft here with your squeegees, and give this poop a drying down!”

From The Cruise of the "Esmeralda" by Overend, William Heysham

Sequim’s lavender industry is a curious attraction in this heavily squeegeed corner of the Pacific Northwest.

From Washington Post Jul. 22, 2022

Bruce Lee had so much of it, it practically had to be squeegeed off the walls whenever he was in a room.

From Seattle Times Jul. 22, 2021

Such a show’s image-object godfather might be German painter Gerhard Richter, whose work alternates between fuzzy photographic realism and blurry, squeegeed abstractions.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2016

Anyone with the mildest case of synaesthesia will have a jarring time of it with some of these paintings, where the same words – Blah Blah Blah – come squeegeed in cacophonously multicoloured arrays.

From The Guardian Oct. 13, 2012

The windshield of the SUV was filthy, smeared with dead hugs, even though Dad had squeegeed it when they last stopped to refuel.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

Rogers climbed into his pickup truck after squeegeeing his windshield.

From Washington Times Aug. 4, 2023

While city leaders pledged to finally address the root causes of squeegeeing, members of the public expressed skepticism about whether this latest effort will provide anything more than a Band-Aid solution.

From Seattle Times Jan. 9, 2023

He said squeegeeing has taught him to develop a unique brand of customer service.

From Seattle Times Jan. 9, 2023

But by squeegeeing the layers separately one right after the other, the researchers laid down a better network of donors and acceptors at up to 30 m per minute.

From Science Magazine Nov. 10, 2022

In a mirror image above, at least forty people dangle from the ceiling by harnesses, squeegeeing off the already pristine dome ceiling.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera




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