picked
Example Sentences
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After a one-out walk to Crawford in the top of the seventh, Detmers picked off the runner but gave up a single to Victor Robles.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
Hiring picked up not just in the healthcare and social assistance sectors—which added 89,900 jobs—but also in construction and transportation and warehousing.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
They picked batter Jacob Bethell before he had scored a professional century and spinner Shoaib Bashir in 2024 after he had played just six first-class matches.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
The flood triggered multiple landslides and picked up debris.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
She must have picked up more learning at high school than we’d figured.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
