picks up

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In the homey second movement, he carefully lays down his cello, picks up a music box and sits at the foot of the podium.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Season three picks up half a decade after the characters left high school, following them into a far darker and more fractured version of adulthood.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Shares could also come under pressure if energy sector sentiment changes abruptly, even if production activity picks up as expected.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Second, stocks could be foreseeing a future that many Americans have yet to suss out—one, say, in which the war with Iran ends, inflation eases and growth picks up.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

As long as the person you’re talking to has an earpiece that picks up the sound, you could have totally private conversations in a crowded room—assuming there aren’t any werewolves around.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston