pick up

Example Sentences

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Early September would be a good time, too, since trading tends to pick up after summer is over.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Meanwhile, its advanced digital radio segment orders could pick up strongly in 2H on rising demand for antidrone solutions, the analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

That’s because a looming, powerful El Niño is expected to pick up where the Iran conflict leaves off.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

More than 12,000 passengers were screened at five UK airports during the 2014 outbreak in West Africa, but these failed to pick up the only case, that of nurse Pauline Cafferkey.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

She bent over to pick up a skein of gold, but couldn’t.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff