pluck

Except for the part where they pluck and prune themselves into the hairlessness of a dolphin; “Love is Blind’s” Zack Goytowski and “Love Island’s” Zach Georgiou both cop to shaving their legs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

Pickers pluck items from shelves in a prescribed sequence while drivers double-check bagged orders before speeding off on scooters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026

On a Wednesday in February in the Coachella Valley, more than two dozen farmworkers weaved up and down rows of strawberries, their gloved hands flicking quickly to pluck the fruit and stash it in boxes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

She brings a sort of Disney princess innocence and pluck to Anna, which makes sense considering she played Ariel in the live-action “The Little Mermaid.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

Through pluck, luck, and a knack for the theatrical, Penelope and Simon had managed to discover those exact words shortly before Penelope was whisked away to Plinkst.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

"Ants, for example, this year are only available for customers who specifically ask to try them," said Atala, whose Sao Paulo restaurant D.O.M. plucks ingredients from the Amazonian wilderness to reinterpret Indigenous traditions.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

She walks around her Boston home and plucks up a fan-made crocheted rabbit toting an ax.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

The worker plucks the items out of the bin and places them on another robot that resembles a toy Tonka truck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

Maia Bouchier drives nicely, sets off for the single but Diana dives full-stretch at extra cover, plucks the ball one-handed and Bouchier is left stranded in the middle of the pitch.

From BBC ● May 16, 2024

Then he plucks out a false bottom followed by six velvet bundles.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

They include Bara, a male orangutan plucked from the haze on Thursday, authorities told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Maxine Groffsky, one of the readers at Random House, plucked McCarthy’s pages from the slush pile.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Not surprisingly, he is plucked for a covert mission that involves photographing secret Soviet bases from a tricked-out stealth jet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Picked by Aboriginals for tens of thousands of years, wattleseed, plucked from the native Acacia plants, is high in protein and traditionally roasted over an open fire and ground down to make bread.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

The branch seemed to lower as she walked by, and she plucked it.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Keurig Dr Pepper has hired Russ Torres as chief executive of its coffee spinoff, plucking the executive from Kimberly-Clark.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Scotland's third try was the pick of the bunch, with replacement Scott plucking Meryl Smith's pinpoint kick from the air and effortlessly stepping Kayleigh Powell to put daylight between the scores.

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026

It bursts with insights that mix journalistic acumen with gossip, backed by a score generously seasoned with mischievous violin string plucking.

From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026

She’s over wasting time plucking chin hairs, searching for brain fog-induced lost reading glasses and — most of all — withholding her opinions so as not to offend others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2026

Vola looked up from the chicken she was plucking.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker