pick up
Example Sentences
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Analysts said the pick-up in consumer spending in the third quarter of the year was driven by more being spent on health care services.
From BBC
The cheerful honk is a familiar greeting among parents, community members and these local child-care workers on their pick-up routes.
From Los Angeles Times
“We doubt that strong growth will fuel a pick-up in inflation pressures given that it is being underpinned by faster productivity growth,” he wrote.
By land, they moved Machado from a house where she was in hiding, to a pick-up spot for a small boat, which took her off the coast to a slightly bigger boat where she met up with him.
From BBC
One day, during Musselman’s freshman season, then-Clipper forward Bill Walton walked into San Diego’s gym for an impromptu pick-up game.
From Los Angeles Times
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