A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

SOP

Wed, 9 Apr '25
Piece of bread dipped in gravy
Sun, 10 Nov '24
Soak (up)
Fri, 4 Oct '24
Make soaking wet
Mon, 22 Jul '24
Soak (up)
Tue, 2 Jul '24
Soak (up)
Fri, 29 Mar '24
Drench
Sat, 20 Jan '24
Saturate
Wed, 27 Dec '23
Soak (up)
Sun, 30 Jul '23
Soak (up)
Fri, 5 May '23
Appeasement
Tue, 11 Apr '23
Soak (up)
Thu, 14 Apr '22
Drench
Tue, 20 Jul '21
Soak (up)
Wed, 7 Jul '21
Soak (up)
Tue, 22 Jun '21
Soak (up), as gravy
Sun, 21 Mar '21
Bread for dipping
Thu, 4 Feb '21
Soak up