picking
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Evidence keeps coming that investment and growth are picking up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
“So I’m going to tell you right now, I was proud of that girl that everybody seems to be picking on all the time.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Orelien was the toast of the French-language literary world earlier this month, with his migration-themed story "It Was Either That or Die" selling fast and picking up prize nominations and translation deals.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
The key, he said, is picking things that are genuinely iconic, or that “really open into something.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
“I’ll put everything in the refrigerator and eat it later,” Jonah said, picking up his plate.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Murdoch, his business empire and his feuds with his six children have become rich pickings for authors, screenwriters and directors.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
We are small fry by most standards, but I can imagine state lawmakers looking at us as easy pickings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
But for 2½ hours she got the error message and could not access the pool of tickets until 12:30 p.m., by which time, she said, “the pickings were slim.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
He explained that, if seals have smaller areas of sea ice available to them, they will congregate in those smaller areas, presenting easier collective pickings for bears.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026
That morning there were a lot of pickings; I soon filled the small basket I had with me.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
