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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

AI cannot make you a better stock picker.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026

Dan Martin started the cherry picker and drove it under the aerie.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

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

Even skilled stock pickers are finding that time is working against them, Parker found.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 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

Where a kilogram of matsutakes might have fetched 200 yuan a year ago, equivalent to about $30, mushroom pickers are lucky to walk away with 150 yuan these days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Lupita quickly realized why the pickers all wore straw hats, because her wool baseball cap was unbearably hot.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty


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