picked up
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Cliffs picked up the company from American Alan Kestenbaum, who from 2017 helped turn the business around.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
“When one of their pitchers faltered, the next guy came in and picked up the slack.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Bonds continued to rally even after another inflation report showed price pressures picked up last month by an even greater degree than economists had expected.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
Inflation picked up pace on a month-on-month basis too, accelerating from 0.4 percent in August to 0.6 percent last month.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Along the way, I picked up the Times from a newsboy, then set my basket right down on the sidewalk and opened the paper.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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