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How to use the word Picking in a Sentence?

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It is too late for growers to plant for the [summer-fall] season. The workers are not here, it will take 30 days to order the plants and another 12 weeks to start picking.

Lee Stiles

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We should be picking tomatoes, peppers and aubergines now. However, they will be ready in May as we have only just planted them instead of last December, food production has to be planned months in advance, it is not like a factory that can be turned on and off at will.

Lee Stiles

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If we are seeing a continued flight to value, then the relative cheapness of European stocks is a big plus, the lack of expensive tech names has been a real boost for the FTSE 100, but other indices in Europe are picking up too.

Chris Beauchamp

Found on CNN
1 year ago

One of your companies is under an FTC consent decree, auto safety watchdog NHTSA is investigating another for killing people. And you’re spending your time picking fights online. Fix your companies. Or Congress will.

Ed Markey

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We can't do this alone, we need everyone's help, we need everyone's friends, everyone's family, and everyone's friends' and families' friends and family. That's the way we're gonna push back on these outside resources coming here picking a candidate, a hand-picked candidate that can't think for herself, can't speak for herself, can't act for herself, can't vote for herself.

Vicente Gonzalez

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Those who are picking whole fruits, vegetables, low-fat dairy products, lean protein sources, or are conscious of the portion size of their snack — it can sometimes help them meet certain recommendations and guidelines.

Jessica Bihuniak

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I ended up picking the color scheme to go with the chairs they had in stock, another thing we did is cut back on chargers and silverware... and we cut most of the rentals with the exception of linens.

Oniki Hardtman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

As a parent, you don't know what you're picking up out of the produce bin, is it elevated because of the cultivar -- the particular type of sweet potato or carrot ? Or is it elevated because it's grown in an area where the soil has naturally high levels of lead ? Answering these questions will be the responsibility of government regulators and industry, Houlihan said. The FDA has a Closer to Zero campaign, for example, which could take on the issue.CNN has reached out to The FDA for comment but hasn't yet received a response.

Jane Houlihan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I'm grateful to the vice president for stepping out, for picking the true conservative in this race, and for helping amplify to all Arizonans that Kari Lake is the superior choice in the governor's primary, mike Pence brings the imprimatur of a true conservative to this race.

Doug Ducey

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We’re all guilty of it. I was definitely guilty of it. I was always on my phone, picking it up at every ding.

Erica Edwards

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We’re all driving around weapons and we’re all driving distractedly, we’re all guilty of it. I was definitely guilty of it. I was always on my phone, picking it up at every ding.

Erica Edwards

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It’s simple enough to say that the war in Russia creates a level of complexity or probably more uncertainty, any team picking has to balance the uncertainty of it with the potential of the player.

Montreal GM Kent Hughes

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We know that she hasn't been able to make all of the engagements that I think everybody expected her to make for the platinum jubilee, she's kind of picking and choosing. I do think she's kind of picking the ones that she also really wants to go to.

Julie Montagu

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I believe the Republican Party has the best story. ... We keep picking people who suck at telling our story. We do, we keep picking the same old, same old people, thinking we are going to get a different result.

Muslims Barnette

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Inflation is obviously picking up everywhere, in the Western world in particular, that means people are overall more cost-conscious.

Trivago CEO Axel Hefer

Found on CNN
1 year ago

That data, to me, would say that, you know, they had a smaller Omicron wave, and now [ BA.2 is ] picking up.

Marina Matus

Found on CNN
2 years ago

There is a long, unpleasant American tradition of agencies being taken over by virtue of picking the members. It's called agency capture or regulatory capture. my concern is that the picking of the justices has been handed to special interests.

Sheldon Whitehouse

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I'm here purely on a humanitarian mission, i've done the kicking in doors… I've done the picking up a weapon, but I feel that, at this point in my life, I can make a bigger impact by working on the humanitarian side.

Quan Nguyen

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Some of the most inspiring photos to come out during the invasion have been of everyday men and women picking up arms in defense of their families and their nation, i commend them for their heart and their courage. My advice to these heroic Ukrainians is to not underestimate yourselves. You are stronger and braver than you ever thought possible. The world stands with you and the world commends you.

Jennifer Marshall

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

He's pushing for government intrusion into workplaces and doctor's offices. It's all in service to his presidential ambitions, republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is purposely picking fights that rev up Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis base. And the intention is to secure the loyalty of the base Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump share.

Nadine Smith

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The results are not surprising. Picking out one single component and assuming just adding it to the diet, e.g., vegetables, is not likely to result in the desired effect, one thing that has become clear over the past decade is we should not be looking at single foods or nutrients, rather the whole dietary pattern.

Alice Lichtenstein

Found on CNN
2 years ago

There is good trial evidence that eating foods rich in fibre such as vegetables, can help lower weight, and improve levels of risk factors known to cause heart disease. The present observational study can not overcome such evidence and its conclusions can be debated since the authors may have over adjusted for factors that account for lower intake of vegetables, the results are not surprising. Picking out one single component and assuming just adding it to the diet, e.g., vegetables, is not likely to result in the desired effect.

Naveed Sattar

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I do this because it brings me joy hearing our language spoken and seeing so much beauty in being able to connect with others in such an intimate way, but it goes deeper than that, too. My generation is responsible for picking up the pieces to reclaim our identities, our cultures, and our languages.

Miali Coley-Sudlovenick

Found on CNN
2 years ago

When a president campaigns on picking Supreme Court nominees of a certain mold and wins the election, we should give deference to them.

Senator Graham

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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