You're like a giant sponge now, soaking things in.

The soil on which we waited had become a giant sponge.

Hyperion's surface is covered with deep, sharp-edged craters that give it the appearance of a giant sponge.

There are coral reefs in this area, with sharks and giant sponges.

At about 120 feet, a series of giant sponges begins.

"California is a giant sponge," he said in an interview on a recent visit to Los Angeles.

The internal lining seems to be acting like some kind of giant sponge.

Mick said the geology of the peninsula's like a giant sponge.

One senior Pentagon official described the ship as a giant electronic "sponge," which is designed to intercept communication among allied warships.

But, from the large to the small, they describe myriad mechanisms for the spread of radiation and a view of the Earth as a giant sponge.