picking

Example Sentences

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She can be seen in the film with spending time with her pet hawk and picking herbs for medical concoctions.

From BBC

And my mom was like, “No, stop putting him in sports. He’s picking the flowers at the outside of the baseball field. That’s not for him. Let’s put him in the arts.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Before the incident, students routinely weaved through multiple lanes of traffic to access parked cars or to make their way to parents picking them up,” the suit reads.

From Los Angeles Times

“We expect 2026 to be a year in which restaurant industry and category leaders capture market share, specifically the largest brand picking up market share from their category peers.”

From Barron's

"I look around every day in rehearsal and I'm picking up little skills," she says.

From BBC