plucked

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When a violin string is plucked, it produces a main tone along with a series of overtones.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

Paul, the first contestant not to be plucked from the Bachelor Nation, broke that mould in many ways.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

The case seemed to have been plucked from obscurity and was largely indistinguishable from the 2,000 other lawsuits that had been filed ahead of it by companies trying to get their money back.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

He’ll have a funny way of showing it, but Cronin likes the guys he recruited or plucked from the transfer portal.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

Half-filling Renn’s cooking skin with water, he hung it by the fire; then, using a split branch, he dropped in red-hot stones to heat it up, and added the plucked and jointed willow grouse.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver