pick up

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A pick-up in consumer spending in the U.S. and China could leave the higher end of the guidance range within reach, Triana says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

"I bought my car with it," he said, adjusting his prosthetic leg as he climbed into a new black pick-up truck outside the centre.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Any growth pick-up will also be amplified, Lancastle stresses, by positive knock-on effects in consumer confidence and, as a consequence of that, a new consumer credit cycle.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 16, 2026

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 • Feb. 15, 2026

When the prayers end and the doors open the Bells hit center stage and the curtain opens up on the afternoon pick-up game in the gym at the county recreation center.

From "The Crossover" by Kwame Alexander