picking

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First she mocked women with, “What am I, my husband’s servant? Picking up after him all the time, picking his undies off the floor, ironing his clothes? What am I, his servant?”

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026

A constituency that made up 0.1% of voters at the last general election is not only picking a new MP on 18 June.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

China was “already picking up a lot more than they needed through filling up storage,” said Shell Chief Executive Wael Sawan at The Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council Summit in London on Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

And to mark his birthday Sunday, he’s literally picking a fight — actually seven of them.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

I reached my hand to the wire, but instead of picking it up immediately I looked one last time at Luc, waiting to see if he had any more instructions.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse