pick up

Example Sentences

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"It resembles more of a pick-up game of which units are available to me now?"

From BBC

"Demand for labour is weak, which should curtail workers' bargaining power and limit the scope for a pick-up in wage growth," she said.

From BBC

Nearby, George Zevali was taking the cover off the pick-up truck he uses for his water delivery business so that Israeli soldiers would be able to see what he was transporting.

From BBC

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