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His flight home to New York City on Sunday will depart from SFO, so he tried the rental car companies — hoping to drive instead — but no one was picking up the phone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

Tokenized stock trading, once a niche option popular overseas, has been picking up steam in the U.S. as more traditional financial institutions adopt blockchain technology, the system that undergirds cryptocurrencies, in their internal plumbing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

“Eating a tuna sandwich in Howard Johnson’s afterward and then picking up sheet music next door for vocal lessons. Going to Lee Strasberg on Saturdays. It’s all I’ve ever done.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

As I was picking up the wine glasses after the party ended, I realized we had just created a financial support system.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

I walk over to Hut 6 a few minutes before midnight, picking grass from my hair.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Murdoch, his business empire and his feuds with his six children have become rich pickings for authors, screenwriters and directors.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

It is slim pickings when assessing Hull's assets, so it's likely best to look at players from other clubs for your FPL teams at this point.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

And while the U.S. ended up with the lion’s share of the matches, Canada was left with slim pickings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

But for 2½ hours she got the error message and could not access the pool of tickets until 12:30 p.m., by which time, she said, “the pickings were slim.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

The pickings from their rubbish heaps had become richer in consequence, and for the first time Tree-ear was able to forget about his stomach for a few hours each day.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park