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"I think somebody probably just picked it up, put it in their pocket and... they're probably smiling and thinking, 'it's in my drawer'," says Purnell.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
What did you learn from training in L.A. that perhaps you couldn’t have just picked up in Seoul?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
And while they have picked up a couple of trophies along the way, each of them came to face the same reality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
“Jerry picked him up and held him for a while and rocked him,” Diana told me.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026
“The night is dark and I am far from home . . .” Betsie’s sweet soprano was picked up by voices all around us.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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