pick

Example Sentences

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

From BBC

It was initially built for use by Octopus but has since picked up a raft of other utilities clients, including EDF, E.On Next, TalkTalk and National Grid US.

From BBC

Their employees are left picking up the slack.

From Barron's

Jessie Bates then picked off Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford for a second quarter touchdown to help Atlanta take a 14-0 lead before Robinson's long-range effort left the Falcons in complete control.

From Barron's

Hardware designers such as Nvidia, which more than doubled its revenue year-over-year, are the main suppliers of the picks and shovels behind this new digital gold rush.

From The Wall Street Journal