picking

Example Sentences

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The Australians often talk about picking the best players first, then worrying about the order later.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Instead of picking individual stocks, you might consider broad market exposure through an index fund.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

Picture, said Hutchcraft, laborers going up and down the rows with bags on their shoulders, picking orange fruit and filling them, and then lugging the bags to tubs at the ends of rows.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

Arteta has, with justification, been accused of conservatism in his approach this season, picking a positive line-up with Eze and Martin Odegaard.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

And there was Ms. Washington, I figured, sitting in a kid’s chair with her chin resting in her hand, listening to some girl who was picking her fingers and talking at the same time.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan