Mopping

The case went to Theatre soon after that, and leaving a nurse on guard by the man with the facial injuries, Augusta tiredly disposed her little team for what she called mopping-up operations. ❋ Neels, Betty (1971)

For those who looked to the media for information, traps were continually sprung, and now the journos are engaged in mopping-up operations. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Whoever takes control, will more likely begin mopping up this mess. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The FCC data reveal a couple of things: First, the telecom companies have been more successful than the cable companies in mopping up the remaining dial-up subscribers with their cheap ADSL offerings. ❋ Unknown (2006)

If you hate mopping as much as I hate mopping, which is a Super Duper High Depth of Hatred, then perhaps Scoomba is an excellent value for me? ❋ Unknown (2006)

The final round would be what Mchunu described as a mopping-up operation in areas the IEC had been unable to reach. ❋ Unknown (1999)

It's another thing to wake up and find a pile of laundry on the kitchen floor in front of the refridgerator and recall mopping up a major leak. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Behind the newspaper headlines of a crackdown in South Africa, of so-called mopping-up operations in Namibia, of the repeated invasions of the People's Republic of Angola, behind the headlines that speak of the exploits of bandits and puppets against the peoples of Mozambique, Seychelles, Madagascar, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Lesotho, and of incursions into Botswana and Swaziland, lies a story of massive human suffering and death. ❋ Unknown (1994)

He's kind of mopping up the floor with his critics as well as Jeanne Moos shows us. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You can also make a killer Carolina-style barbecue "mopping" sauce for game by adding it to some apple cider vinegar and a little ketchup. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The mechanised "angels" – being developed by EU-funded scientists – will perform basic tasks such as mopping up spillages, taking messages and guiding visitors to hospital beds. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The country's sound macro-economic policies and the fact that the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) would no longer be "mopping" up dollars to reduce its net open forward position (NOFP) should assist in stabilising the currency, he said. ❋ Unknown (2002)

They have quite a few firefighter, at least a dozen firefighters up on this landing right now, and basically just kind of mopping this thing up. ❋ Unknown (2001)

The dock rented canoes and kayaks to visitors for five kilolox an hour, and they were looking for someone to do scutwork such as mopping the pier and repairing paddles. ❋ Steele, Allen (1997)

It would not be designed to inflict military defeat since this would have been achieved already by the Luftwaffe and the Navy; rather would it be a kind of mopping-up operation to 'finish off a country already on its last legs. ❋ Cox, Richard (1974)

Our noses and often our eyes require "mopping" on a cold day, and as the small square of lace bedecked or embroidered cambric which usually does duty as a handkerchief, is totally unable to meet the various calls made upon it, it is ridiculously out of place. ❋ Alice M. Hayes (1873)

And I was kind of mopping up some of the attitudes I had encountered over the previous five or six years. ❋ Unknown (2010)

His stye of "mopping" is gonna run us all through the danged "wringer!" ❋ Unknown (2009)

I kinda got the impression, that like a conscientious custodian who is enjoying his task, you were calmly whistling while you were 'mopping' the floor of their vacuous cranial cathedrals. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I finally bought a cheap one recently and now my Sunday ritual includes the kitchen floors: sweeping and "mopping" with a spray bottle of vinegar/water. ❋ Unknown (2009)