picked up
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Fund launches in the space have also picked up; so far, 25 new autocallable ETFs have made their debut in 2026 through Sept. 10, compared with six in all of 2025.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
The 16-year-old this year built an app that cross-references noise picked up from a microphone nearby his house against an FAA registry and the flight-tracking platform FlightRadar24.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Then he drove around for about an hour, until, he said, Walters called him to be picked up.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Victim service providers say police don’t like to refer cases that are unlikely to be picked up by prosecutors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
To my astonishment, Kik picked up my bicycle and carried both his and mine up the front steps.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
