picking
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“Yes, it’s going to feel endless, but you never know. This person might be open to picking up the check but you swoop in so quickly.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
Rallying around the slogan “Free Red Elk,” Mitchell and others posted videos picking apart Walters’ case.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
He poured money into the operation, enabling it to whisk berries onto store shelves via refrigerated trucks within two days of picking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
He said the group would be picking up litter during the protest.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
“I’ll put everything in the refrigerator and eat it later,” Jonah said, picking up his plate.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Murdoch, his business empire and his feuds with his six children have become rich pickings for authors, screenwriters and directors.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
But for 2½ hours she got the error message and could not access the pool of tickets until 12:30 p.m., by which time, she said, “the pickings were slim.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
The drink lineup was solid, much better than the slim pickings at my $89 beach day in the Dominican Republic a few days earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
He explained that, if seals have smaller areas of sea ice available to them, they will congregate in those smaller areas, presenting easier collective pickings for bears.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026
That morning there were a lot of pickings; I soon filled the small basket I had with me.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
