Water also has an extraordinary capacity to mop up heat, and this helps smooth out climatic changes that could otherwisedevastate ecosystems.
These rods, made of neutron-absorbing materials such as boron, mop up excess neutrons and quench the chain reaction.
You'd better mop up that pool of water on the floor before father sees it.
What these researchers have designed is a drug that helps the body mop up bacterial toxins.
When my time is over, I mop up my face and reassemble my hair into a ponytail.
The second rationale has some merit provided the Bank of Japan really does resist the urge to mop up any liquidity.
The Fed has long argued that central bankers should not try to prick asset bubbles, but must mop up the mess promptly when they burst.