pick up
Example Sentences
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This was partially offset by a pick-up in investments, the report added.
From Barron's
"I bought my car with it," he said, adjusting his prosthetic leg as he climbed into a new black pick-up truck outside the centre.
From Barron's
Any growth pick-up will also be amplified, Lancastle stresses, by positive knock-on effects in consumer confidence and, as a consequence of that, a new consumer credit cycle.
From MarketWatch
Some drones are also equipped with thermal cameras, which makes the heat they pick-up from human bodies much more visible in winter.
From Barron's
African and Russian media identified him as a self-styled "pick-up artist" and online blogger in his thirties who had travelled to Ghana to secretly film his interactions with women.
From BBC
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