pick up

Example Sentences

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ET, underwriters will pick up their phones and start dialing investors to tell them how many shares they’ve been allocated to buy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

The new episodes will pick up from the season five cliffhanger, in which Emily's on-again, off-again romantic interest Gabriel - played by Bravo - sends her a postcard inviting her on a Greek getaway.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

For a lot of people, myself included, the mystique of a festival is often around the bidding war narratives: Who’s going to pick up what and what are they going to pay?

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

But with a balance over $25,000, you can start to pick up some steam.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

I pick up the whale tail he carved for Tūtū.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila