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Example Sentences

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Only one of the 162 team campaigns in Six Nations history - Italy 2002 - has picked up more cards than England have this year.

From BBC

Sitting in his Harry Potter-themed office near Charlotte, N.C., he picked up the phone and dialed the first of a long string of calls to car dealers.

From The Wall Street Journal

There was a time when the public picked a team in the Murdoch family’s squabble.

From Salon

Wind whips hair across your face as you bend over to pick up the perfect bit of seaweed.

From Salon

Very large tankers - capable of carrying up to 85 million gallons of oil - are able to come up to the island's long jetties to pick up the oil.

From BBC