picking

Example Sentences

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"He can interchange positions with a wide player, he's so good at picking those spaces," said Arteta of these movements.

From BBC

Pushing hard for the finish line, Scheffler missed long on four consecutive holes, picking up two bogeys in that stretch.

From Barron's

The two spend the years picking at each other while secretly growing fond of the other’s company, though never able to act on their feelings due to the difference in their social status.

From Salon

The six-month moving average of jobs growth is picking up, hinting that the worst of the hiring drought is behind us, he said in a note to clients.

From MarketWatch

Yet for people who bought homes in the past three years, paying much higher prices and steeper mortgage rates, delinquencies have been picking up, Taiano noted.

From MarketWatch