Example Sentences

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Separately, Emergency said its rescue ship, Life Support, on Saturday had plucked to safety 55 migrants from a smugglers’ boat.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2023

She had plucked pupae from a colony of clonal raider ants, where the sesame seed-size offspring that looked like puffed rice cereal were being fussed over by both younger larvae and older adult ants.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2022

Compared with the original Syn61Δ3, the altered microbes became more resistant to the 12 viruses that scientists had plucked from environmental samples, the team revealed in July.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 19, 2022

Someone had plucked a massive chunk of prized cuerito off the leviathan my mother had spent three days preparing.

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2021

She would joke that she had plucked me like a sweet fruit and kissed my cheeks.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri