pick up on
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"What I love about One Piece, I presume that people pick up on similar things, is that the messages of the story are so universal," she says.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
And kids watch that and they observe and they pick up on those signals.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026
Cohen: I want to pick up on Henry’s comments about companies’ differentiated success in implementing AI, and Rajiv’s citation of the MIT study indicating that many companies are just spending money without seeing value.
From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026
“The polite thing to do in my view is pick up on what that culture is,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025
It was some kind of miracle that she didn’t pick up on what we were fighting about.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
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