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Recent Examples of pick out
Use high-quality, fresh jumbo lump crabmeat and make sure to pick out any shell pieces with your fingers.
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Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
Korbel and his fiancée, Haley Cartier, of Fridley, recently met with Andy Bernick to pick out the fabric, a dark-green wool from Marzoni, a luxury fabric supplier based in the Piedmont region of Italy.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 11 Apr. 2026
In the second half, Mubama dropped deeper to allow Ethan Nwaneri to make a run in behind him to score the second, laying the ball off for Sydie Peck to pick out the Arsenal man superbly.
—Rob Tanner, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2026
That meant spending countless hours combing through online databases to pick out features from photos of tiny pieces found scattered across the continent over the past century.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 2 Apr. 2026
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Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
Korbel and his fiancée, Haley Cartier, of Fridley, recently met with Andy Bernick to pick out the fabric, a dark-green wool from Marzoni, a luxury fabric supplier based in the Piedmont region of Italy.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 11 Apr. 2026
In the second half, Mubama dropped deeper to allow Ethan Nwaneri to make a run in behind him to score the second, laying the ball off for Sydie Peck to pick out the Arsenal man superbly.
—Rob Tanner, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2026
That meant spending countless hours combing through online databases to pick out features from photos of tiny pieces found scattered across the continent over the past century.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 2 Apr. 2026
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Miquela partnered with Prada, made out with Bella Hadid for a Calvin Klein ad, and walked the red carpet at the Grammys.—
T. M. Brown,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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Instead of Beta Cloth, though, the crew’s outerwear was made out of polybenzimidazole (PBI), a less-itchy, fire-resistant golden-brown fabric.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
23 Apr. 2026
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Additional details were not immediately available, and the homeowner declined to be identified or comment further.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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Police identified Delgado-Cordoba as a suspect through his rideshare profile, social media and DNA.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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The couple was picked up by a driver named Javier in a 2023 Kia K5 sedan.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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Tottenham have picked up just two league wins from 24 league matches since the start of November, and are yet to record one this calendar year.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Bobcats are increasingly being sighted in more urban areas and backyards.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
19 Apr. 2026
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Even slight pollution or habitat changes can threaten them — a detail that makes every confirmed sighting significant for conservation science.—
Samantha Agate,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2026
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But as the 21-year-old cornerback approaches the NFL Draft projected as a second-round pick, those closest to him remember when his size was the first thing people noticed, and often the only thing.—
Tyler Carmona,
Miami Herald,
19 Apr. 2026
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Take our recent example game’s score of eight to six with a goal of 10 points; Fermat would notice that the game must end within five coin flips.—
Jack Murtagh,
Scientific American,
19 Apr. 2026
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Polar Bear Passage allows visitors to get remarkably close to polar bears through both indoor and outdoor viewing areas, and the Orangutan Canopy showcases these intelligent primates.—
Taylor Haught,
Kansas City Star,
21 Apr. 2026
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Far from treating this attack as a symbolic one-off, Netanyahu viewed it as a golden opportunity to throw the previous diplomatic arrangements into the paper shredder and authorized yet another Israeli ground invasion of southern Lebanon.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
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Another reason for the valuation gap is how investors perceive the companies and their ambitions.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
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Active safety systems perceive other road users and intervene to prevent collisions.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Pick out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pick%20out. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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