"Typically the real estate sector leads the economy in a recovery, meaning that it tends to pick up before some other things.

VOA: special.2009.12.18

Pieces of gypsum broke off. The wind wore them away to a size small enough to pick up and carry for short distances.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

The robots had to pick up large balls and throw them into the trailers of opposing robots.

VOA: special.2009.04.24

She remembers one student who learned from her mother not to pick up a crying baby.

VOA: special.2010.05.13

Rains have started to fall and are expected to pick up fully in the next two or three weeks.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

(NO TRANSCRIPTS) However,in a country where the love of gold dates back centuries, jewelry shop owners say they will wait patiently for sales to pick up.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

Sea captains on the way up the Delaware River to Philadelphia would stop at Cape May to pick up pilots who knew the bay's treacherous shoals and currents.

VOA: standard.2010.03.15

He was in Washington recently to pick up two awards - the Navy Distinguished Public Service Medal and the Hubbard Award from National Geographic, the Society's highest honor.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

So in addition to what each side's own intelligence services are able to pick up, the treaty provides additional information which has always been seen as being of great confidence-building value."

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

This huge warrior threw me to the ground and then took hold of my arm again to pick me up.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

She threw it on the floor. I forced her to get out of her chair to pick the spoon up.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

So,just being able to pick one of those up will help our visitors understand how difficult portability was about thirty years ago."

VOA: special.2011.02.15

A robot would then pick up rocks and soil, and send them back to earth for testing.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

He is crying for a reason. If you never pick him up, he's going to keep crying.

VOA: special.2010.05.13