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How to use the word pick-up in a Sentence? Page #6

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I've had people pick their nose and scratch their private parts and then they pick up the chips, i've had people shoot NyQuil on the table because they've got the flu but since they're in Vegas they're going to play.

Paula Larson-Schusster

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I tell you I absolutely lost it this morning at home, I had been holding it together. He's got this old cell phone of ours, he said he was going to pick up the phone and call his Mummy.

Nick Beaton

Found on CNN
4 years ago

My sons will be wearing masks and theyll pick up the devices, which will be in a Ziploc bag, then, we bring them home. And then I put my sons to work.

Rachel Hitt

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT COULD LAST A YEAR : SURVEY According to the latest employment data, the economy lost 701,000 jobs last month, causing the unemployment rate to rise from 3.5 percent in February to 4.4 percent by the end of March. Career counselors compare the dynamic to the 2008 recession but say there is hope for todays graduates to succeed in the job market, even if it takes time for the economy to rebound. I was a bit nervous, but when were talking to our employer partners, they are still preparing for this to pick back up after COVID ends, which is optimistic for me and something were trying to share, industries that often hire in bulk are still hiring in bulk, so the accounting students are doing OK. Were seeing a big pick-up in the amount of opportunities in health care and in technology, of course, because everyone has been virtual. A look at Hofstra University's Sports and Exhibition complex on campus. ( Elina Shirazi).

Michelle Kyriakides

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Dread is a combination of not knowing, fearing and terror, do you go pick up groceries ? Are gloves enough ? Should I touch the mail ? Your child sneezes. You're living in fear every moment.

Jane Webber

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Right now, Twitter is the best way to get medical information out, because of the fact that everybody gets a voice [ on social media ], it's very easy for alarmist messages to pick up steam. We have to be constantly vigilant about trying to get that panic under control and spread a different message.

Ali Raja

Found on CNN
4 years ago

What's more so terrifying is you have family members who can't come pick up normally as they lose a family member, funeral homes are swamped.

Khari Edwards

Found on CNN
4 years ago

If it did pick up and significantly increase the death rate in the U.S. in 2020, I think that would help these stocks, but for the short term, it's the no-public-gathering rules that are going to affect them.

Barrington Research analyst Alexander Paris

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Know who your neighbors are, even what your neighborhood social network might be, you may not be that close interpersonally, but someone may be willing to do a grocery store drop-off, or pick-up medications because we're all in this together.

Jenny Radesky

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We have strategic stockpiled medical supplies, we have enough that we were able to offer to the interagency team a supply of masks and gowns and ventilators and things like that, now, like everybody else, we're going to face shortages with regard to some of the PPE until the private sector industry can pick up the slack.

United States

Found on CNN
4 years ago

You can't just go pick up a side hustle right now.

Erin Lowry

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It's very important that we pick up our fishing line or use biodegradable( line).

Marjan Ghadrdan

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The role is still evolving but it is clear someone needs to pick up the reins. It is only natural for us here at Vir to take on a leadership role.

George Scangos

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I think things are looking up. But obviously each state's a little different and obviously Colorado and North Carolina and Maine and Arizona are at the top of our list, but we also see opportunities to pick up seats in Alabama, maybe Michigan and maybe there will be another surprise in there.

John Cornyn

Found on CNN
4 years ago

He still needs to learn how to pick up after himself.

Vanessa Bryant

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Normally it takes at least two quarters before things start to pick up but there's always hope for new stimulus in the market that will buoy the economy.

Avtar Sandu

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It's just surreal still for me, you know, he'll drop me off and say he's about to pick up Kobe Bryant. ... Or he'll just be like,' I just dropped Kobe Bryant off and Kobe Bryant said hello,' you know, vice versa.

Kawhi Leonard

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Certainly, the pace of operations went down earlier in the year, based on events in Iraq, were now back up to, I think, probably three or four operations a week with our partners here so that pace is beginning to pick up and we are very pleased with that.

Frank McKenzie

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Each day that goes by, the case for witnesses and documents gains force and gains momentum, i don't know how any member of this body could pick up the newspaper this morning, read this new revelation, and not conclude that the Senate needs access to relevant documents like these in the trial of Donald Trump.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We see those three factors slowly resolving themselves, and as a result we are seeing a pick up in institutional investor interest.

Chris Tyrer

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

If it continues, I'll pick up the phone and call both of them.

Randi Weingarten

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Each instrument has its own difficulty either because it is so fine and delicate and easy to break ... or it is so big and heavy it is hard to pick up and move around.

Tim Linhart

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

You can't cover demand out of inventory forever, production has to pick up and trade flows have to shift.

Rick Joswick

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Seeing the response to my work and the reactions from customers and fans on social media is incredibly rewarding and humbling, especially when it comes to the parents who pick up a pizza for their kids birthday party.

Eric Palmieri

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

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