pick up

Example Sentences

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I think he procrastinates because he either doesn’t want to run errands for his 93-year-old mother or else he needs to pick up his mail.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

Anita was also carrying two bags and the couple still had a few more things to pick up.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

“So like around March I could feel it coming. I just—I had to play. I couldn’t help myself. And three times the same week I pick up a—‘don’t do it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

In another corner of the facility, people wearing smart glasses place and pick up playing cards and sort plastic plates by hand, collecting first-person videos.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

I wasn’t even allowed to pick up a shovel.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff