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Moriarty figures heavily in the opening episodes of “Sherlock & Daughter” too, although Dougray Scott lends a malevolent scruff to him that Park’s interpretation tidies up.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2025

Watch: Mouse tidies up man's shed every night.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2024

Early in the opening story, “Blessed Deliverance,” the unnamed narrator tidies up his friend Antonio’s room as a kindness.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2023

Although the deception predictably comes to a head, as Joy’s husband and daughter act on their suspicions that something is awry, “Call Jane” tidies that mess with baffling brevity.

From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2022

I watch as she tidies my room, picks up clothes, straightens the things on my desk.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan