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pluck

noun as in person's resolution, courage

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verb as in grab, pull out; pick at

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“Will There Ever Be Another You” is a mixed bag; readers must sift through “clods” of ornate prose to pluck nuggets of gold.

He counted the days by plucking teeth off a comb.

For the next two hours, they plucked Q-tips and chicken bones off the ground with grabber tools.

That included plucking star linebacker Ken Norton Jr. from the Cowboys, who had beaten San Francisco in the previous two NFC championships.

But Ecclesiastes got it right about everything having a season, “a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.”

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