pick-me-up
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He doesn’t partake in alcohol, coffee, or cigarettes, so it’s not like he has something else to provide a pick-me-up.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
On a trip to the highly caffeinated capital of Vietnam, options for a pick-me-up range from traditional egg coffee to wild fruit-infused inventions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
It’s the perfect pick-me-up on a cold winter night — or amid a raging snowstorm.
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2026
The win in Saudi Arabia was a quick pick-me-up after Napoli lost 1-0 to Udinese in the league at the weekend to leave them third, two points adrift of Inter and one behind Milan.
From Barron's ● Dec. 18, 2025
I needed some magic potion, some pick-me-up to bring me back into the spotlight.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
But most are cheap pick-me-ups amid a sluggish economy plagued by a property crisis and high local government debt.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2026
In the 1980s, Mr. Mateschitz, then a salesman for a company that made personal hygiene products and toothpaste, discovered the elixirs sold in Asian pharmacies as pick-me-ups for workers and truckers.
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2022
That hasn’t happened for a long time: they’ve lost five Premier League games in six and need to take their pick-me-ups where they can.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 24, 2021
They are surrounded by 31 office trailers, 20 generators that supply all of the site’s power, two catering tents and red Coca-Cola machines offering free mid-shift pick-me-ups.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2020
But do you know what Yvette did to our pick-me-ups?
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
