picked
Example Sentences
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I picked him up at Los Angeles International Airport and took him straight to Zuma Beach for a picnic, where we watched dolphins jumping in the waves while the seagulls stole our potato chips.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026
Income expectations picked up, but only slightly, following a large uptick in the prior period.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026
Under a chaotic canopy woven with vines and studded with fearsome spiked stems, the group crossed streams, waded through mud and picked off dozens of leeches.
From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026
While expanding first throughout Texas, they picked locations that weren’t obvious real-estate boomtowns.
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026
On Picnic weekend, Sandy June’s business picked up as soon as the neon kicked on, and my lunch-bussing demanded more hustle.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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