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Example Sentences

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“I feel like we are chasing ghosts. Just a few minutes before ICE was here, and now we have to pick up the pieces.”

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Cynthia decided to do it herself, so she called her estranged husband, Don Gonzalez, a truck driver, and asked him to leave work to pick up their daughter.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

So I think it’s fudging a little if you pick up all the time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Postal Service, which last year reduced the number of trips to pick up mail at post offices in mostly rural areas.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

We’d pick a new one each time I had a break from school and spread it out on the dining room table.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison