picked

Example Sentences

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He was ordered released on bond in August, but was instead picked up by ICE and transferred to Adelanto, where Kennedy said her client’s access to counsel “steadily deteriorated.”

From Los Angeles Times

Any major decision that fell outside of Brontë’s story and character arcs was bound to be picked apart by the vultures.

From Salon

"I was in town for maybe a few hours and the police picked me up and took me straight back to Skircoat Lodge."

From BBC

Some individuals picked up a small piece of shrimp from the tank floor, carried it upward, and intentionally released it near the mirror.

From Science Daily

Confidence among German businesses picked up in February as the rollout of government stimulus gathers steam.

From The Wall Street Journal