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Example Sentences

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As Christmas decorations come down, London's streets will be strewn with real trees waiting to be picked up by council workers, raising questions about their environmental impact and what can be done to reduce waste.

From BBC

Head simply picked up where he left off on the previous evening, cashing in on any width.

From BBC

A separate recent paper by economists at Northwestern University found that inflation picked up following tariff increases, but only a little.

From The Wall Street Journal

These businesses were picked almost certainly because Shirley and his colleagues have tapped into the long-standing tendency of paranoid reactionaries to make day cares the subject of conspiracy theories.

From Salon

"I looked at him more this year... and picked up on the collar, the cut and length of the tunic," he said.

From BBC