mopped

past tense of mop

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mopped
Verb
  • Sparked by outside hitter Norah Schweitzer, Westford Academy swept Dual County League opponent Concord-Carlisle, 3-0.
    Kristina Banahan, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The Dodgers, swept by the Milwaukee Brewers in the regular season series, are poised to reverse that with one more swipe of the broom on Friday night.
    Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • To him, though, the bistro is perfect, rich in singular details that people of more heedless taste might have scrubbed away.
    Nathan Heller, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Unable to reach a deal, the media company’s content, including channels Univision and UniMás, have gone dark on the pay-TV platform, with content being scrubbed from subscribers’ libraries.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • According to the sheriff's office, soybeans were also carefully vacuumed out from around the man.
    Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Last year, while our house was being vacuumed by a housekeeper, Butch bit her on her calf.
    Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • It's rinsed, dried, and placed in a roasting pan.
    Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Once rinsed with water, skin remains soft and smooth.
    Beatrice Zocchi, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Misconduct is brushed off as business as usual, denied and excused at every turn, and much of it never comes to light.
    Micah Kimball, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Kingston brushed off the telltale signs of uterine cancer as typical aging, a mistake experts say can cost women their lives.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Your Shower Head Your shower head should be deep cleaned once every other month.
    Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The former reportedly stabbed Lambert to death, and the three men then cleaned the crime scene and left to bury Lambert's body.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Multiply that by two, and your frosting needs are done and dusted.
    Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The outside is dusted with sugar.
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The group combed through publicly available records to map out a network that captured the personal and professional relationships among the College of Cardinals (the senior clergy members who serve as both voters and candidates for the papacy).
    Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Tennessee authorities announced Saturday that no survivors have been recovered from a massive explosion at a rural manufacturing plant a day earlier after more than 300 investigators combed through the blast site.
    Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
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“Mopped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mopped. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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