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pickup

[pik-uhp] / ˈpɪkˌʌp /
NOUN
boost
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In his comments, Trump highlighted the success of Ford Motor Company's plant in the Detroit area that is working overtime to assemble F-150 pickup trucks.

From Barron's Aug. 30, 2026

The pickup in prices is “underscoring how two-sided the market remains as traders balance diplomatic optimism against limited evidence of a meaningful improvement in physical flows,” Kaynat Chainwala of Kotak Neo says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

He posted a video of himself revving the engine of a brand new Ram pickup truck.

From Salon Aug. 27, 2026

The pickup truck, officials said, was illegally parked along the 100 block of East Capitol Street, where the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

At the intersection of the road and the river, in the parking lot where they had left it the day before, they found Buzz’s pickup truck, “mashed lengthwise by a tree,” he remembered.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

Cumulatively, zero-emission vehicles now make up roughly 1 in 12 cars and pickups on California roads, and nearly 1 in 6 new cars sold in the state is fully electric.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

These layoffs are part of an initiative aimed at streamlining package pickups and deliveries by merging ground and express delivery networks.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

By contrast, even as they introduced smaller and more powerful engines, Ford and GM each continued to offer V-8s in their pickups.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Sales of traditionally powered vehicles rose 1% as Ford’s pickups continued to shine in the U.S. — the company said that some of its off-road-vehicle trims accounted for nearly a quarter of its U.S. sales.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

Men and women had to flood the areas around their cars and pickups in order to get them unstuck; they pulled them free with Ray Gusdorf s tractor.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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