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- the picking of new recruits went on for three days
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- pick peas and beans from the garden for dinner
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- I pick you as my partner
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- he seems to be trying to pick a fight
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- still suffering from the shock of his wife's death, he could do no more than pick halfheartedly at his food
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- continued to pick the block of ice until she was able to extract the shrimp
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“Picking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picking. Accessed 18 Aug. 2022.
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