picked up

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"I was on holiday once in Antigua and the ICD picked up what it thought was my heartbeat going at 500 beats per minute, but it was actually the pool pump," Taylor said.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

But when the economy picked up, a rebound in births never came.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

They picked up a 1,800-square-foot, two-bedroom loft in 2006 for $1.3 million.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

While cars have steadily grown older over the last 15 years, the trend picked up after the Covid pandemic, when shuttered factories and supply-chain snarls drove up prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

While Lorren muttered about what armor to keep with her—she liked to change gear sets often, to see if there was something better—I picked up my phone, which had continued buzzing.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows