Sentence examples for this year picked from inspiring English sources

The TD Bank Financial Group, which is based in Toronto, bought Commerce Bancorp of New Jersey for $8.6 billion in 2008, and this year picked up three failed banks in Florida.

Globally, the Guardian this year picked up the Pulitzer Prize for public service for its reporting on NSA surveillance and was awarded website of the Year at the British Press Awards.

He told analysts that the volume of credit card borrowings, which had been weak during the first two months of this year, picked up in March as consumer confidence improved.

Oscilloscope, the company founded by the Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, bought "Wendy and Lucy" last year, and this year picked up another film, but has not announced its title.

With that constituency ready and waiting, "Republicans this year picked their worst possible candidate," Garin argues, contending that Romney's wealth and background provoke animosity to Republican elites among white working-class voters, partially counterbalancing the hostility of many of these voters to President Obama.

PeerIndex, the Klout-like influencer ranking startup which this year picked up a $3 Million Series A round, is beefing up its team and scaling up operations.

Williamson (1973) picked up this idea a generation later, in the 1970s, emphasizing that organizational form matters.

However, the production company is likely to elicit less sympathy than the Southampton pub named The Hobbit which earlier this year picked up support from actors Ian McKellen and Stephen Fry in its battle to keep the name.

The Cuomo administration last week picked the winners and distributed $785 million.

The differences in well-made examples of early picked and late picked pinot noirs are striking.

Komisarek was the Canadiens' No. 1 draft pick in 2001, picked seventh over all.