picked up
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“I know that I can be picked up anytime tonight or tomorrow,” he said in a press conference.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
In June 2021, she picked up a gated estate in Toluca Lake, a high-end neighborhood with celebrity residents that have included Octavia Spencer, Melissa McCarthy, and Kirsten Dunst.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
Andrew Robertson: Some trademark surging runs and always willing to join the attack but picked up an injury.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
The Santa Ana winds picked up through the afternoon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Outside I picked up two stones, one triangular and one perfectly round.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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