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Brown, a 2019 first-round pick out of Oklahoma, had 49 catches for 587 yards and five touchdowns last season for the Chiefs.
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Dallas Morning News, 17 Mar. 2026
Kirk was a second-round draft pick out of Texas A&M by the Arizona Cardinals in 2018.
—Matt Barrows, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Salyer was a sixth-round pick out of Georgia for the Chargers in 2022 and has started 40 games for them over the past four seasons — 19 at left tackle and 21 at right guard.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
Getting to know Rasheed Walker Walker, a 2022 seventh-round pick out of Penn State, has played in 51 games over the past three seasons.
—Mike Kaye
updated March 13, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2026
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Dallas Morning News, 17 Mar. 2026
Kirk was a second-round draft pick out of Texas A&M by the Arizona Cardinals in 2018.
—Matt Barrows, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Salyer was a sixth-round pick out of Georgia for the Chargers in 2022 and has started 40 games for them over the past four seasons — 19 at left tackle and 21 at right guard.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
Getting to know Rasheed Walker Walker, a 2022 seventh-round pick out of Penn State, has played in 51 games over the past three seasons.
—Mike Kaye
updated March 13, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pick out
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And then the German tanks were made out of materials, many of which came from the Soviet Union.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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This is an incredible vintage circle skirt featuring horses made out of hay.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
24 Mar. 2026
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Yet immigration agents now routinely wear masks, drive unmarked cars, and refuse to identify themselves.—
Oriana van Praag,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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Investigators say there have been no arrests, and no suspect has been publicly identified, but detectives are actively pursuing leads.—
Jamie Leary,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Luka Doncic had 41 points and eight rebounds while also picking up his suspension-triggering 16th technical foul during the Los Angeles Lakers ' 116-99 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Banks Harris tossed four shutout innings to pick up the win, scattering four hits, walking two and fanning five in the win.—
Mike Waters,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Mar. 2026
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However, as in the case of watching a partial solar eclipse, there are inherent dangers in attempting to sight a comet so close to the sun.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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Pollard's film is especially poignant in showing how short-sighted the country remains, even if the methods of dismantling progress have shifted from political entities to more public-facing groups.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Feb. 2026
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Even her 8-year-old daughter has noticed the impact on the family's spending.—
Da Lin,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Increasingly, human resources departments noticed that applicants used the résumé to tell white lies, and even bigger fibs, listing fictitious degrees, fake promotions and other embellishments.—
Stephen Mihm,
Twin Cities,
29 Mar. 2026
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Israel is widely viewed as having much more maximalist objectives, with the threat of a belligerent Iran their primary geopolitical concern since 2003.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Mar. 2026
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Seeing a place stripped of its reason for existence, through no fault of its own, is to view the unsettling beauty of absence.—
Rob Crossan,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Mar. 2026
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On the one hand, content perceived as liberal or critical of the government often faces backlash from various elements.—
Taran Khan,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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In a process called simultaneous contrast, our brain perceives colored objects in relation to the color of the background that they’re viewed against.—
Nora Bradford,
Scientific American,
23 Mar. 2026
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