pluck
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Its chief executive Phil Pluck said the fee would have to be passed on to "either the EU importer, the smaller UK retailer, or the UK consumer".
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2024
Pluck nearly any cell from your body, and you should see the same DNA as you would in any other cell.
From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2023
Jim Hayden, Los Angeles playwright and author of the book “The Pluck of the Irish,” cites the words of Parseghian when job rumors circulated about him: “Where is there to go after Notre Dame?”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2021
Pluck off one or two of the fried sage leaves to eat whole, then toss it all together to enrich with the lovely glob of ricotta.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2019
Pluck out the love of self with thine own hand, Just as the hand an autumn lily plucks; Tread the Way of Peace declared by Him who hath it trod.
From The Buddha's Path of Virtue A Translation of the Dhammapada by Woodward, Frank Lee
Vocabulary lists containing pluck
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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"The Song of Wandering Aengus" by W.B. Yeats
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The Magician's Nephew
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