pick up

Example Sentences

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"I bought my car with it," he said, adjusting his prosthetic leg as he climbed into a new black pick-up truck outside the centre.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Any growth pick-up will also be amplified, Lancastle stresses, by positive knock-on effects in consumer confidence and, as a consequence of that, a new consumer credit cycle.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 16, 2026

“The warrant was restricted to ‘in-state pick-up only’ and did not permit extradition to California,” said the spokesman.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026

A separate BBC investigation last month exposed how male influencers claiming to offer pick-up advice use smart glasses to record conversations with women and then post the footage online.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

I see three boys skateboarding, a pick-up truck idling a few spaces over, and a handful of road trippers wandering into McDonald’s for a bathroom break.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller