picking
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“So I’m going to tell you right now, I was proud of that girl that everybody seems to be picking on all the time.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
China’s economic activity showed signs of improvement in September, with official gauges of manufacturing, services and construction activity all picking up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Orelien was the toast of the French-language literary world earlier this month, with his migration-themed story "It Was Either That or Die" selling fast and picking up prize nominations and translation deals.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
The key, he said, is picking things that are genuinely iconic, or that “really open into something.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
It seems that Coogie and Jeb thought finding Wonders was like picking apples— the more people you had, the faster you could gather them.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
Holly: Losing Harry Wilson and Raul Jimenez in this transfer window leaves slim pickings in terms of a talisman at Fulham, with remaining striker Rodrigo Muniz among their most expensive assets.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
And while the U.S. ended up with the lion’s share of the matches, Canada was left with slim pickings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
But for 2½ hours she got the error message and could not access the pool of tickets until 12:30 p.m., by which time, she said, “the pickings were slim.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
Squirrels should be smart enough to take the easy pickings over the puzzle box.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2026
More attention to her looks than these pullings of hairs and pickings at spots would have caused gossip among the villagers.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
