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It was a strange little society of meats that belonged neither behind the butcher counter nor among the premium lunch meats — the thin-sliced turkey in its tidy package, the glossy hunk of honey ham.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

Mohamed Belloumi: Very calm performance, tidy short passes and rarely gave the ball away, which allowed Hull to build momentum.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

The funds focus on lower-risk infrastructure businesses, which act as a tidy diversifier between bonds and equities, portfolio manager Bertrand Cliquet told MarketWatch in an interview on Monday.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

Scattered along the walls of the studio were tidy heaps of scarves and mesh, rainbows of stripes, every shade of ballet pink, Uggs of every height.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Cabinets and trunks line the walls, boxes of files are stacked in tidy rows.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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

Tears pour down Paul’s face as he tidies up the disheveled uniform looking for words to say goodbye.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 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

Given that gentrification, almost by definition, transforms high-disorder areas into tidier ones, and given that the process appears to be continuing in New York and other cities, hasn’t Mr. Gottlieb got matters exactly backward?

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

Sure, it would be tidier, and feel better, to get all of one’s support from like-minded individuals.

From Slate ● Feb. 15, 2026

Councils have tried various methods to make this tidier, ranging from placing vinyl stickers on pavements showing where bin bags should be placed, to repurposing plastic storage containers normally made for grit or dog waste.

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2025

Many natives can be pruned for a tidier appearance, though you may sacrifice some habitat value.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2024

Lily pulled out a thick album with a fabric cover, much tidier than the battered Big Blue Book Chicken loved so much.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

It's not the tidiest grinder I've ever used, but it's the best for brewed coffee.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2022

Jameis Winston, the infamous, reckless turnover machine, threw for five touchdowns in the tidiest 20-pass performance you’ll ever witness.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2021

The book was shaped, in collaboration with the composers, by Rick Elice, a writer of “Jersey Boys,” that tidiest of blockbuster jukebox musicals, as well as the ecstatic story-theater piece “Peter and the Starcatcher.”

From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2018

"One thing we've become professionals at is reading our diary onstage," Seth says in the tidiest encapsulation of their songwriting style.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2018

If their disappearance was the work of shamblers, they were the tidiest shamblers I’ve ever heard of.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

It is not simply that the curators have tidied up before letting the public in: Woolf’s “writing lodge” at Monk’s House in Sussex, England, for instance, is suspiciously clear of crumpled envelopes and broken cigarette-holders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

That night, Gil tidied up around the store, cleaned the bathroom, got ready to close for the day.

From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026

So obviously I tidied my entire bedroom because I knew the Zoom was going to face out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2026

"Rangers don't really have time. The style of play right now, seems like it's not really working right now. That needs to be tidied up before the next round."

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2025

Afterward the boys washed dishes, tidied up the workroom, and moved the tables to one side.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

Some colleagues wish he had picked a less loaded term for what they hope is an overdue tidying of operational lines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

Beijing cleaner Lin Meiqiong found her work a little easier the day she was paired with an unlikely new colleague -- a tall, wheeled robot with AI-powered tidying skills.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

The overwhelming public perception of OCD is that it is an obsession with cleaning, tidying and symmetry, a fastidiousness seen in characters like Monica Geller from Friends.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

Donning my academic editor title, I imagined myself tasked with the act of tidying, turning teenage madness, drama, beauty into writing that is still dramatic and beautiful—just grammatically correct.

From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2026

They did some tidying at the Lockton house and kept the officers fed too.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson