Example Sentences

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Libsyn has been scooping up company after company in an effort to build a sizable presence in podcast advertising.

From The Verge • Aug. 16, 2022

A Chinese fishing fleet of roughly 300 vessels has been scooping up sea life near the Galapagos Islands and is now moving south into Peruvian waters.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2020

Since last fall, Taylor has been scooping out big parties and offering to show up with doughnut holes.

From Washington Times • May 1, 2017

St. Vincent de Paul of Lane County, for example, has been scooping up mobile home parks - one of the cheapest options for home ownership - to protect them from being demolished.

From Washington Times • Jan. 9, 2017

But ever since then, Madam How has been scooping them out again by her water-chisel into deep glens, mighty cliffs, sharp peaks, such as you see aloft, and making the old hills beautiful once more. 

From Madam How and Lady Why by Kingsley, Charles