Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mopped
Verb
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The wildfire that swept through Chinese Camp, dubbed the 6-5 Fire, had grown to 6,984 acres as of Thursday and was 0% contained, according to Cal Fire.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
4 Sep. 2025 -
Released in 2004, the film follows Sophie, a quiet girl working in a hat shop, who finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome but mysterious wizard named Howl.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Harvard’s athletics website has scrubbed from its pages a policy pledging inclusion for transgender athletes.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
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Bases have been renamed, transgender soldiers have been banned and military websites have been scrubbed of posts honoring contributions by women and minorities.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Step-by-Step Cleaning Process Vacuuming Upholstered chairs should be vacuumed weekly to remove loose dust, dirt, and hair.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The operator rinsed the gloved hand in the sink and came back to the main cook line to prep food.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Both the filter and the basket can be easily rinsed out with a garden hose.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Not deep-fried or marketed alongside the latest trend — who knows whether that sausage was brushed in tallow or if the cooks avoided seed oils for the flavorful vinaigrette on those tomatoes, those kaleidoscopic tomatoes.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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After 10 seconds or so of screaming, Hernandez brushed at his face.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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The hotel's restoration is a study in sustainability, as original pieces were cleaned, repaired, and reinstalled.—
Elizabeth Heath,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Aug. 2025
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To improve performance, the shells were cleaned, treated, polished, and cut into precise shapes.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Both the real Roan and the dress version wore a bright aqua blue shadow brushed all the way up the lid, with a hint of amethyst purple dusted underneath her '30s-style skinny brows.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
25 Aug. 2025
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Turn dough out onto a work surface dusted with powdered sugar.—
Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
24 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Gilkey-Meisegeier was fired from his position at the school in early June and wasn’t arrested until more than a month later as investigators combed through evidence and built charges against him, according to WMTV.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Before school, her mom combed her hair and set it into pony tails.—
Brad Schmitt,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Mopped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mopped. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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