These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'pluck.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Jeneen Interlandi, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2020 Rodríguez, a petite woman in her mid-30s who exudes an earnest pluck, rushed to the notary’s office soon after the clerk called her. Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 10 June 2022 The story of West Virginia’s birth as a state and how that shaped Pocahontas County in particular is a tough and exciting story, full of pluck and verve and no taxation without representation, an American story of David against Goliath and freedom from bad rules. Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, To Kim, a former Momofuku busser who met his co-founders at kitchens around New York, nudibranchs-of which there are more than three thousand species-slink along the ocean floor with the same pluck that food establishments must harness when navigating the city’s brackish depths. 2021 Full of the unwarranted criticism that he’s not built for nights like Tuesday, on the big stage, with his team desperately relying on his punch to overcome the Warriors’ pluck. 2023 Pro-Brexit politicians and commentators are casting Britain’s vaccine deployment, which ranks among the fastest in the world, as an example of risk-taking and entrepreneurial pluck that comes from not being shackled to the collective decision-making of the 27 member states of the European Union. Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 6 June 2023 For all of San Franciscans’ pluck and verve, the 1906 earthquake had dealt a suppurating blow to the city, and capital and people were making their way to L.A. Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023 Our species’ mass migration to the West was premised on the belief that money, engineering and frontier pluck could sustain civilization in a pitilessly dry place. Noun Lolo strengthens Audrey’s pluck and confidence Audrey gives Lolo encouragement and a roof over her head. Tim Carman, Washington Post, 17 July 2023 Steph MacHado,, 7 July 2023 McCoy complements the bird with even more herbs via a green goddess dressing that’s packed with chervil, parsley, tarragon, chives and sometimes other leaves that the chef plucks from his own garden. Nicole Froio,, 10 July 2023 She was plucked from the Hillsborough County Public Schools by former Providence Superintendent Harrison Peters, who hired her in 2020 to be an elementary school transformation officer. Theresa Tamkins, NBC News, 20 July 2023 Luxury makeup brand owner and ex-model Madolyn Addison (Kim Cattrall) plucks Marco from YouTube to work as her second assistant. Trisha Thadani, Washington Post, 26 July 2023 In the six-week study, Moritz and colleagues looked at 268 people who had trichotillomania (a condition in which people pluck out hair in response to stress or to self-soothe) or repeatedly bit their nails or the inside of their cheek. Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2023 Advertisement The most recent indignity came Monday, when the company brought in a crane to pluck the Twitter logo off the building’s facade, disrupting two lanes of traffic at a busy intersection and prompting a 911 call. San Diego State football coach Brady Hoke is counting down the days to the start of preseason camp. Ben Tracy, CBS News, 28 July 2023 San Diego State plucked four players from portal after losing two starting defensive backs and a starting right tackle, but Hoke still hates transfer process Ben Protess, New York Times, 30 July 2023 The robot's retractable arm, driven by artificial intelligence, plucked rocks that mimic nodules of metals from the bottom of the lake. Trump has frequently plucked subordinates from trouble or obscurity and given them a lifeline - and, by extension, a sense of obligation to him. Verb In his business career, as a candidate and as president, Mr.
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