pick up

Example Sentences

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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 • Mar. 15, 2026

Some drones are also equipped with thermal cameras, which makes the heat they pick-up from human bodies much more visible in winter.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 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

African and Russian media identified him as a self-styled "pick-up artist" and online blogger in his thirties who had travelled to Ghana to secretly film his interactions with women.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

Dear Ari, I have this picture in my head of you lying on the bed of your pick-up looking up at all the stars.

From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz