Example Sentences

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Danone is scooping up the maker of plant-based food powders and meal-replacement drinks to bolster its nutrition portfolio.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Back at the community kitchen, Chandrika is scooping the last morsel of food into her son's mouth.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2022

China is scooping up U.S. corn and soybeans as part of efforts to mitigate the risks to commodity supplies from Russia’s war in Ukraine and slower harvests in South America.

From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2022

Scooter sharing company Lime is scooping up assets of defunct electric skateboard startup Boosted, The Verge has learned.

From The Verge • Apr. 16, 2020

Nadia is scooping and Dad is fixing a broken cooler.

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins