Things picked up in the forties, of course, during the war.

I picked up a good deal of information during the afternoon.

After the war traffic flow was slow but picked up during the late 1860s.

Nothing had been heard from them since the single strong radio signal picked up during the morning.

Back at the school I picked up, during the rest of the week, a little more.

The other supervised the bar and picked up during the party.

Residential development began picking up in the area during the 1880s.

They could also pick up someone on waivers during training camp.

The film picks up again later, during the Christmas season.

They went quickly from 14 to 10 in only four days, then picked up two more games during the following four-day period.