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Example Sentences
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System, a San Francisco-based peptide platform connecting patients with licensed clinicians, picked up $20 million in funding from investors including Patron Fund and Will Ventures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Residents picked their way through the debris of charred houses, strewn with crumpled sheets of metal.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
He was picked off twice as Seattle won last season’s Super Bowl 29-13.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Alan Carr has said he still feels bad about murdering singer Paloma Faith in the 2025 series of The Celebrity Traitors, as he picked up an NTA award on Tuesday night.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
I picked up a mop and a rag and stood in the middle of the kitchen, waiting.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
