sop bread into the sauce. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The offer was a sop to my feelings. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Sugar sop is na o'er digestible to th 'best o' 'em. From Wordnik.com. [That Lass o' Lowrie's: A Lancashire Story] Reference
At that moment the sop is given; offer of friendship is once more made -- and how affectingly!. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Democrats don't avoid Fox as some kind of sop to the MoveOn. org crowd. From Wordnik.com. [Fox and the Democrats] Reference
And should we really take this to be the 'sop' that the DUP and UUP are making it out to be?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
But they offered him the assuaging 'sop' of 'Launcelot' for a middle name, and what could a baby do?. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings] Reference
In Quebec, the general view has tended to regard the federal programme as a "sop" to their legitimate grievances. From Wordnik.com. [The MuseumPast, Present and Future] Reference
There was a petition against which lead to a full hearing and the "sop" as Naughtie described it to those against. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT A GAY DAY] Reference
How can they possibly call that legislation "sop"?. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
The word "sop" was badly chosen, and made the old Squire angry. From Wordnik.com. [Can You Forgive Her?] Reference
Possibly the grant of a two-cent postage would be a welcome little "sop" to them. From Wordnik.com. [A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell] Reference
McKiernan's abrupt departure gives Karzai the sop he needs. From Wordnik.com. [Can Gates Turn It Around?] Reference
Kids remove sunglasses to sop up tears with handkerchiefs. From Wordnik.com. [Dig] Reference
You will only sop up so much, then your long stalks come out. From Wordnik.com. [FLATFISH] Reference
The sour sop is the largest, and attains a size of 6 to 8 lb. From Wordnik.com. [Fruits of Queensland] Reference
It's not just a sop to coin collectors, who are hoarding millions. From Wordnik.com. [The Money Nobody Wants] Reference
There was no money to sop up or fight over or limit creativity. From Wordnik.com. [Senate Sketches # 1212] Reference
It was like using a makeshift mop to try to sop up the oil from the marsh. From Wordnik.com. [Determining Who's In Charge Of Gulf Cleanup] Reference
"They want an extra sop thrown to them: one might as well work for nothing!". From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
In a sop to seniors, the contract promises to bring taxability back down to 50 percent. From Wordnik.com. [Decoding The Contract] Reference
Mandela may leave white Finance Minister Derek Keys in his job, a major sop to investors. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Mandela Builds His Dream Team] Reference
That it's a gigantic GOP political sop to the rich to the horrid detriment of the economy. From Wordnik.com. [Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Gutless Democrats Back Stab Obama] Reference
She flung a towel down to sop up the tiny flood, and saw it swiftly crimson before her eyes. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
But don't despair, we have another indoor sport to sop up your time: merger-and-layoff games. From Wordnik.com. [A Real Lump Of Coal] Reference
I am a sop and a grapefruit of batons which is more then I can say for the filthy likes of you!. From Wordnik.com. [The Sea at Sea (or Why is There a Question Instead of Not a Question)] Reference
In fact, and as we all know, the Executive Order was nothing but a most willingly made sop to Rep. Stupak. From Wordnik.com. [Rebecca Sive: Health Care Reform: Second Trimester] Reference
In a recent sop to opponents of relocation, officials decreed that 900 of the camp's 3,000 residents could remain. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Divide] Reference
One crew was throwing white absorbent "boom" down onto a heavily oiled patch, then stomping it down to sop up the oil. From Wordnik.com. [How oil-damaged marsh grasses recover could affect gulf's rebound] Reference
King said many buyers of cloned products were often foreigners, who come to China to sop up the fake Rolexes and DVDs. From Wordnik.com. ['Gray market' for counterfeit gadgets is red hot in China] Reference
Mr. FIELDS: I mean all the money in the world is not going to sop up 5,000 barrels of oil a day that's going into the Gulf. From Wordnik.com. [Scientists Use Canisters To Detect Spilled Oil] Reference
Oddly enough, as Reagan's director of communications, he was indulged more as a sop to the far right than as a power broker. From Wordnik.com. [Why Is Buchanan So Angry?] Reference
Change #7A sop to offset high medical costs: There's a huge tax and publicity push to promote the new Health Savings Accounts. From Wordnik.com. [MONEY GUIDE: SOLVING THE TAX PUZZLE] Reference
And it was domestic politics -- a sop to conservative Cuban-American groups -- that prompted the ban on remittances of cash to Cuba. From Wordnik.com. [How Do We Get To The Endgame?] Reference
But as a sop to the censors, they still contain a moral -- usually in the form of a victim who wins out or a villian who is made to pay. From Wordnik.com. [Soap Operas, Frozen Food And Convertibles] Reference
In a sop to northern sensitivities, Seoul stopped issuing the yearly white paper and dropped the disputed phrase from all public documents. From Wordnik.com. [Playing Mind Games] Reference
There are strong hints from the White House that he'll pick someone who's a business oriented executive as a sop to the financial industry. From Wordnik.com. [Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Summers Out, Could Geithner and Rubin Be Next?] Reference
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