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Example Sentences
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“We had a slowdown in labor demand, and now it’s picked up again,” said Guy Berger, a labor economist and senior fellow at the Burning Glass Institute.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
Scotland picked their moments to strike and were pretty ruthless when they did.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 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
Malkinson, who had been working as a security guard at a local shopping centre at the time of the attack, was wrongly picked out at an identity parade.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
So as much as I wanted to watch the rest of the filming, I picked up my basket and hurried on.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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