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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sponged
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Key Takeaways Women who drank tea had slightly higher total hip bone mineral density than those who did not, according to a 10-year study.—
Fran Kritz,
Verywell Health,
7 Jan. 2026 -
Bars lost cultural relevance as younger generations drank less.—
Stephanie Hind,
Rolling Stone,
5 Jan. 2026
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Aamir Tinwala, a middle-schooler living through pandemic isolation, begged his parents for a pet.—
Ruby Mellen,
Washington Post,
10 Jan. 2026
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As a kid in Rochester, New York, Kane begged his parents for a dollar to play.—
Anna Rahmanan,
thehustle.co,
9 Jan. 2026
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Breadon tasked Worrell with chairing the environmental justice resiliency and parks committee along with the committee on labor and economic development, which has absorbed the former committee on small business and professional licensure.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
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Both juries absorbed the totality of the circumstances and reached for a lever of indignation rather than the strict logic of the law.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Sponged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sponged. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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