pick up

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Reaves said he did pull off a similar feat this summer in a pick-up style, five-minute game when he collected his own missed free throw and hit a reverse layup to tie it.

From Los Angeles Times

In August 2014, local newspaper Houma Today reported Ashley Ann Worrell, 31, and her three-year-old daughter Delaney Rae Lirette died after their pick-up overturned into a canal.

From BBC

The CPI is “still an important number, as markets will be hoping for a soft starting point to help cushion the potential inflationary pick-up resulting from higher energy costs,” investment strategist BeiChen Lin of Russell Investments said in a research note to clients.

From MarketWatch

The CPI is “still an important number, as markets will be hoping for a soft starting point to help cushion the potential inflationary pick-up resulting from higher energy costs,” investment strategist BeiChen Lin of Russell Investments said in a research note to clients.

From MarketWatch

While it has cooled since then, analysts warn of risks of another pick-up.

From Barron's