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In recent years, they picked up speed after the 2000 presidential election, which was so close that it took six weeks of recounting, lawsuits and a Supreme Court decision to decide the winner.
From Salon • May 26, 2026
Kyle Hurt, who eventually picked up the win, replaced him in the seventh and immediately surrendered a home run to Tovar on the second pitch of the at-bat to pad Colorado’s lead.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
The 27-year-old Londoner also picked up the Grammy Award for best new artist and took home three Mobo Awards in recent months.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
Work on the recent executive order picked up after the release of Anthropic’s Mythos, a model capable of launching cyberattacks and identifying software vulnerabilities.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
When somebody rang for the doctor – two long rings and a short one – everybody picked up.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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