plucked
Example Sentences
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Not surprisingly, he is plucked for a covert mission that involves photographing secret Soviet bases from a tricked-out stealth jet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Picked by Aboriginals for tens of thousands of years, wattleseed, plucked from the native Acacia plants, is high in protein and traditionally roasted over an open fire and ground down to make bread.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
As the smoke from France's worst wildfire in over 75 years rose over the Bassin d'Arcachon, a pair of nearby firefighters tucked into a plate of oysters plucked from the bay west of Bordeaux.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
He was plucked from the Thames alive, but Brown was found unconscious and unresponsive and died later in hospital.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
She plucked a book called A Thousand Years of Light: An Arcanum History and scanned the contents, finding a chapter titled “Evil Marvellians Throughout the Ages.”
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
