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picking
[pik-ing]
noun
the act of a person or thing that picks.
something that is or may be picked or picked up.
the amount picked.
pickings,
scraps or gleanings.
the pickings of a feast.
profits or gains; spoils.
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Broadcasts have depicted rescue crews picking through the rubble of destroyed buildings to extricate survivors in cities mostly untouched in previous bouts of violence, such as Tel Aviv.
"We're confident he can return to his best and that's why we keep picking him. And at what point do we stop picking him?"
Border Patrol Sector Chief Greg Bovino, who oversaw raids that included picking people up at Home Depot and stopping them on the highway, has emerged as a key figure in L.A.
The woman, an undocumented migrant from Mexico, has been picking berries in Oxnard, California since arriving in the US two years ago.
And Ireland's Shane Lowry closed on 17 over par, which featured a penalty shot after picking up his ball without marking it on the 14th green.
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