Sentence examples for were initially picked up from inspiring English sources

They were initially picked up by The First Post, a political website, and the story began to snowball.

The students have been held on similar state explosives charges in South Carolina since their arrest there on Aug. 4; they were initially picked up on speeding charges about seven miles from the Naval Weapons Station Charleston, a military base in Goose Creek, S.C., where high-profile terrorism suspects have been detained in recent years.

As an initial assessment of data collected during July 1998 through August 2001, WHO retrospectively verified 578 outbreaks, of which 56% were initially picked up and disseminated by GPHIN (9 ).

New York cab-passengers often hang around on street corners for hours after they have been dropped off, marvelling at the efficiency with which they were initially picked up.

The signal was initially picked up and shared on Twitter by @matarikipax, which led to a series of exchanges in real time on Twitter as the scientific community unraveled the mystery.

The story was initially picked up by the Guardian and the BBC.

The draft, about a troubled 12-year-old, and a fallen superhero, was initially picked up by director Tony Scott as a potential project.

This is a strange argument when one considers that the federal government is initially picking up the full tab, and then paying 90% of the benefits by 2020 and in the years afterward.

After the first four episodes were broadcast, HBO initially picked up the show for a second season in October.

Admittedly, I was hesitant when I initially picked up this book.

Initially picked up by the media and economic analysts, the term is now being used in the art world and has given rise to several survey shows.