pick
Example Sentences
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It is set to pick up speed and become category four by Saturday, eventually making landfall near Puerto Vallarta on Sunday, according to Reuters.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
The city declared a local emergency Friday and urged residents to pick up sandbags to protect their homes over the weekend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
On Friday, Trump announced his new pick for White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, a 42-year-old conservative commentator and public relations liaison who frequently appears on Fox.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
Maybe so, and the Tom Brady depicted here surely possesses some of that, demonstrated by an anecdote about him setting a bone-crushing pick in an intramural basketball game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Jonah had said something about having to go out of town to Dad’s friend’s place to pick up some sort of saw they needed to do a job.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
