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Plucked from Madrid and San Sebastian respectively as some of the brightest young talents in Spain, Reina and Arteta left home in their mid-teens to join La Masia.

From BBC • May 24, 2023

Plucked notes echo her tense nerves while a groaning bed of strings brings an added pathos to the lyrics, which were written by Bridgers’s collaborator Marshall Vore.

From New York Times • May 12, 2023

Plucked from obscurity to head China's ruling Communist Party after the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989, former Chinese President Jiang Zemin was expected to be just another transitional figurehead, destined to be a footnote in history.

From Reuters • Nov. 30, 2022

Plucked from a Spanish prison by De Groot in 1940, Pike has been recruited to gather support for Hitler among the British-hating Irish.

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2022

“Did you hear that, Paula? This young man believes all books were written in the distant past by dead people who picked up the stories from heaven knows where. Plucked straight from the air, maybe?”

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke