pluck

If you take the three releases and pluck the best tracks from each—a half-dozen songs from both “Iceman” and “Maid,” and one from “Habibti”—you have a strong Drake record with a lot of variety.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

So Levinson decided to pluck down $850 for two Category 3 tickets — among the cheapest available — for he and his wife to go the final U.S. group-play game at SoFi Stadium in June.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026

The condition causes him to obsessively pluck his beard or eyebrows when anxious or bored.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026

If Bezos had any of that pluck, we certainly would not be reading about the Post’s pending demise.

From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2026

She did not even like to pluck her eyebrows in his presence.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

The worker plucks the items out of the bin and places them on another robot that resembles a toy Tonka truck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

And it plucks a nerve in a country still scarred by its history of militarism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

Maia Bouchier drives nicely, sets off for the single but Diana dives full-stretch at extra cover, plucks the ball one-handed and Bouchier is left stranded in the middle of the pitch.

From BBC ● May 16, 2024

In short, Radan ignores Story’s actual arguments, plucks out one sentence and then falsely claims that his argument isn’t clear.

From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2023

Frederick plucks random pieces out of his box and holds them to the light.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

As the smoke from France's worst wildfire in over 75 years rose over the Bassin d'Arcachon, a pair of nearby firefighters tucked into a plate of oysters plucked from the bay west of Bordeaux.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

He was plucked from the Thames alive, but Brown was found unconscious and unresponsive and died later in hospital.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

When a violin string is plucked, it produces a main tone along with a series of overtones.

From Science Daily ● May 19, 2026

In early 2025 on BlueSky, coldForce chose an avatar plucked from the anime series “Gintama”: the heroine Kagura in her berserk state, insane with rage.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2026

She plucked a book off the shelf and handed it to him with a smile.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

"It is a pretty-looking thing," he concedes, plucking fragments off a clump torn from a carpet of green moss.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

It bursts with insights that mix journalistic acumen with gossip, backed by a score generously seasoned with mischievous violin string plucking.

From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026

She’s over wasting time plucking chin hairs, searching for brain fog-induced lost reading glasses and — most of all — withholding her opinions so as not to offend others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2026

Raffy, Diouf and ambitious young Pistache sat at the top of a baobab, plucking a breakfast of fruit that they cracked open with a whack-whack-whack against the branches.

From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026

“This way, Harry,” breathed Luna, plucking his sleeve and pulling him toward a spiral staircase.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling