picked

At the end of the day, if I'm being picked, it's clear I'm good enough to play for England.

One of my favorite lazy breakfasts, picked up from childhood summers in the Carolinas, was a bowl of cheesy grits topped with tomato gravy and a lush, freshly burst egg yolk.

“I speak perfect English. I also speak perfect Spanish. I’m bilingual, but that doesn’t mean that I have to be picked out, like, ‘This guys seems Latino; this guy seems a little bit dirty.’

Three days later, it sent out a bulletin for a gray-haired Jane Doe picked up near Echo Park Lake.

Lundes spent years in correctional facilities, released only to be picked up on the streets again.