picked
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He added, almost as an afterthought, that he calls picked apples “dead bodies.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
She also picked up best shortform music video for her track Sauvignon Blanc.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
What did you learn from training in L.A. that perhaps you couldn’t have just picked up in Seoul?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
There, Woodward learned the business, cultivated sources, uncovered scoops, and wrote them in stories, some of which were picked up in the Post, which hired him a year later—nine months before the Watergate break-in.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026
But when I picked up my tray, I turned to find every single picnic table taken.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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