Example Sentences

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Generative AI is developing so quickly that soon the large-language models sponging up information on the internet will run out of content to feed on.

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024

There’s a lot of scraping and sponging involved.

From Washington Post • Feb. 19, 2023

Dr. Jay has studied the body’s responses to sitting near an electric fan, wearing wetted clothing and sponging down with water.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2022

But for a while after seeing your video, I was sponging down my milk cartons in bleach.

From Slate • Nov. 30, 2020

And the wild anxiety in the morning to hide all traces from the world, sponging with cold water, dabbing eau-de-Cologne, the furtive dash of powder that is significant in itself.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier