pick up
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He attributed his optimism to a guarantee that the new talks would pick up where the previous round left off and of greater EU involvement.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
In the meantime, locals like Ogata and Yui* are having to pick up the pieces and try to restore some kind of normality – even as the shockwaves, both geological and psychological, continue to quiver.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
“It’s like driving a Lamborghini to go to the grocery store to pick up milk when that was designed to be raced around a track,” he said in an interview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Shortly after CEO Dan Schulman took over the top post, he vowed in January that the company would stop being a “hunting ground” for wireless competitors looking to pick up new subscribers of their own.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Jonah had said something about having to go out of town to Dad’s friend’s place to pick up some sort of saw they needed to do a job.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
