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picker

[pik-er] / ˈpɪk ər /
NOUN
reaper
Synonyms


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“It’s really masking what is a quite obvious correction. If you’re a stock picker, or you own anything besides a few select tech names, it can be a big problem.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Daniel Barbou, an 84-year-old grape picker, joined a small army of laborers in the scramble to harvest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Stock picker Timothy James, 38, says he’s used rage-baiting lines to drive views, while U.K. creator Leo Gibson relies on radical relatability.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Harry Machin, a volunteer litter picker in Peterborough, said other councils could learn from Cambridge.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

“I know you’re the inventor, but I invented the greatest acorn picker in the world and it’s ready to go.”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

When the first day of the apple harvest rolled around in Washington State last year, the fruit was ripe and the pickers were ready – but the weather had other ideas.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

But there are optimists too, such as a man who told us his last name was Zhang, standing alongside potato pickers in a field near the data centres.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

We reviewed dozens of hours of influencer content, from stock pickers to financial educators.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Among them: why indexing beats even the most talented stock pickers; the biggest mistake individual investors are making right now, and what a young investor can learn from a lifetime spent studying markets.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

It looked like a painting, the ridges of brown earth, the tepees of dark green tomato plants with their bright red fruits, the bent figures of the pickers and the blue sky overhead.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt


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