picked

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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

Barron’s picked Stellantis stock about a week later, believing all the bad news was reflected in the share price.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

It’s one of the few pieces of clothing that I picked for myself instead of inheriting from Celia.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison