pick out

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Recent Examples of pick out Angel City won 2-0. Bay FC selected King with the No. 2 pick out of North Carolina in the 2024 NWSL Draft. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2025 Inter would then allow their opponents back into the game, Eric Garcia smashing the ball into the top corner after meeting a cross from Gerard Martin, and the same player would pick out Dani Olmo for a free header just five minutes later. Adam Digby, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025 One was our annual trip to Marshall Fields to see the holiday windows, visit Santa, pick out a Christmas gift for my mom. Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025 Shopping for a new fragrance as the weather warms up gives off the same energy as picking out a first-day-of-school outfit. Annie Blackman, Allure, 5 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for pick out
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Verb
  • On one side, there were makeshift cubicles made out of plasterboards.
    Simon Hughes, New York Times, 19 May 2025
  • It’s made out of low-maintenance all-weather wicker, steel, and aluminum.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2025
Verb
  • Investigators were then able to identify two other similar cases that occurred overnight May 7 in Sanford, according to the report.
    Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2025
  • The victim was later identified as Terry Lee Gambrel, a 25-year-old Marine corporal, who had hitched a ride with Kraft to meet friends at a party, the sheriff's department said in a separate release.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 13 May 2025
Verb
  • Exact plot details for the sequel are being kept under wraps, but the film is expected to pick up where its predecessor left off.
    EW.com, EW.com, 9 May 2025
  • Last fans saw, she was picked up by two New York Police Department officers who escorted her off a bus and told her detectives at the police station had questions for her about Famous' death.
    Julia Moore, People.com, 9 May 2025
Verb
  • The Indian army said in a statement late on Friday that drones were sighted in 26 locations across a wide area of India's west and northwest from Kashmir and states bordering Pakistan to the edge of the Arabian Sea.
    USA Today, USA Today, 11 May 2025
  • This is the second Malayan tiger sighting in the area, according to an article from the Bangkok Post.
    Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 9 May 2025
Verb
  • Dempsey-Beggs’ boss noticed her nervousness and pulled her aside, asking what the alarm was.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 18 May 2025
  • He's also noticed that workers often shovel coal in bouts, working hard in teams of two or three, and then all taking breaks together.
    Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 18 May 2025
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  • But federal unions and Democratic lawmakers view the moves as unlawful and disruptive to public services.
    Joe Walsh, CBS News, 10 May 2025
  • Romance Stories And Our Minds Some researchers view literary fiction and romance tales as bearing on our cognitive capacities and can be psychologically impactful.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Verb
  • Some define job satisfaction as the pleasurable or positive emotional state that results from how someone perceives their job experience, while others see it simply as how people feel about their jobs and the different aspects of it.
    Dinorah Nieves, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
  • In a 2011 study published in Social Psychological and Personality Science, researchers concluded that people with names perceived positively by others were more likely to make a positive social impression.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025

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