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[pik-cher] / ˈpɪk tʃər /








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A 50th birthday gift from her fellow Spice Girls, a picture of a dog and a mobile phone.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Its listing certainly paints an impressive picture about the home’s many offerings, making quite the to-do about its “breathtaking views,” “lush tropical landscaping,” and “opulent” decor.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

“Cool Machine” is set in the 1980s, and Carney is still in the picture.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

A few tenths of a percentage point won’t alter the big picture.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

I sit here, tracing the face of the watch that my father gave me, trying to picture his smile, just as I did the first time I hid like this.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Their pictures carry all those memories of him.

From Slate Jul. 19, 2026

The exhibition "Hkeeli ya Jnoub", or "Tell me, O South", features pictures and videos preserving the memory of southern Lebanon at the capital's Beit Beirut museum.

From Barron's Jul. 19, 2026

The pictures of a clearly uncomfortable Messi helping Sheila bathe her son in a blue plastic tub were published, then forgotten, until Yamal helped Spain win the 2024 European Championship.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Kreitzman's Mile End house is filled from top to bottom with pictures and sculptures, on every colourful wall, on every table, in every room and corridor.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

“These pictures are very helpful. They’re giving me some ideas already.”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

In 1995, when he was asked to lecture about childhood as depicted in 18th-century British art, what surprised him was all the dogs pictured among the children.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Yamal, as a baby boy himself, was famously pictured being bathed by then Barcelona star Lionel Messi.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Their work expanded on Niels Bohr's early atomic model, which pictured electrons orbiting the nucleus much like planets orbit the sun.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

England's Harry Kane is pictured on the front page of the Daily Star, which jokes that "Hurri-Kane" might have swept the kick off time forward.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

Then, when his parents explained it a little better, he pictured crates in locked rooms, the doors covered with Easter Seals.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

But picturing your future self—and mentally “traveling back” to who you are now—has been shown to increase savings behavior, according to a 2024 study published in the Journal of Consumer Research.

From MarketWatch Apr. 25, 2026

She toured some schools that happened to be cold or rainy, which kept her from fully picturing herself having a good experience there.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 19, 2026

For years, Randall told anyone who would listen, “I am picturing us dancing on a rooftop in Val di Fiemme celebrating a men’s relay medal.”

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 19, 2026

Michelle Del Rosario, 57, wore a button picturing her son William, 25, on her blouse.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2025

I’m suddenly picturing Andre and Lisa-Marie Anne slurping on the same spaghetti noodle, Lady and the Tramp style.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller




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