pick up

Example Sentences

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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 Literature

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

From Los Angeles Times

The consortium said that with a network of 61,000 automated parcel lockers, combined with pick-up and drop-off locations and doorstep delivery options, there is a clear path to significantly grow InPost’s network and extend its reach to consumers across Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal

“While part of the pick-up in inflation is assessed to reflect temporary factors, it is evident that private demand is growing more quickly than expected, capacity pressures are greater than previously assessed and labor market conditions are a little tight,” it added.

From The Wall Street Journal

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