picking
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The guy really picking up the tab was Elon Musk.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026
“None of this requires picking a side,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
She acts as a friendly face taking clients to see the doctor, or picking up their test results or medication from city hospitals, which can be intimidatingly large and bureaucratic.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
“If you’re picking up the bill, pick whatever you want — Michelin, McDonald’s.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Leaving the game trail, I started picking my way through the underbrush in the direction of the commotion.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
For royal watchers, Trooping the Colour is rich pickings.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 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
Squirrels should be smart enough to take the easy pickings over the puzzle box.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2026
The harvest was in and the pickings were good for quick hands and feet.
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
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