picking

Example Sentences

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That is, no picking up or walking off the green until your ball is in the hole.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Armed only with a graph of the unemployment rate, one could do a pretty good job picking out historical recessions.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Lines of idling trucks stretch several miles to the nearby U.A.E. port of Khorfakkan, which is picking up shipments that can’t reach Dubai anymore.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

However, Wales will have to cope without Leicester City's Clark, who has not played since picking up an injury during Wales training last month.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

If I squeeze my eyes shut, I can almost pretend we’re back in Chicago, picking up gourmet sandwiches from the drive-through deli after my dance class.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller