pick up
Example Sentences
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African and Russian media identified him as a self-styled "pick-up artist" and online blogger in his thirties who had travelled to Ghana to secretly film his interactions with women.
From BBC
I see three boys skateboarding, a pick-up truck idling a few spaces over, and a handful of road trippers wandering into McDonald’s for a bathroom break.
From Literature
“The warrant was restricted to ‘in-state pick-up only’ and did not permit extradition to California,” said the spokesman.
From Los Angeles Times
The consortium said that with a network of 61,000 automated parcel lockers, combined with pick-up and drop-off locations and doorstep delivery options, there is a clear path to significantly grow InPost’s network and extend its reach to consumers across Europe.
“While part of the pick-up in inflation is assessed to reflect temporary factors, it is evident that private demand is growing more quickly than expected, capacity pressures are greater than previously assessed and labor market conditions are a little tight,” it added.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
