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She dumped the mug and scooped up the warm, wet keys, wiping them against her jeans as she hurried back to the front door.

Everytime a home run is hit, the ball flies over the fence and is scooped up by Birdy's mother, never to be seen again.

My sister-in-law gave an embarrassed laugh, then scooped up her barely weeping son and plopped him in her lap.

They flew to the sea, scooped up water in their mouths, and then flew back into the sky, where they sprayed the water out over the earth.

Within a few days, Phoenix extended a robotic arm, dug a shallow trench, and scooped up a soil sample.

Mr. Buffett said he scooped up corporate and municipal bonds in 2009, which he called 'ridiculously cheap. '

The wind roar, scooped up the wheezing frozen soil, despite the old news.

Abruptly she sat down, only to be scooped up by her laughing, shouting sister, Luna.

I scooped up the blood drenched pigeon and cradled it in my arms. It was covered in teeth marks, and was lying still.

Thankfully, at this moment the rest of the food was delivered. I scooped up some green beans with chilli and hoped the subject would change.

Renowned British architect Norman Foster has scooped up the contract to design an environmentally friendly campus for Apple.

On Sunday, it scooped up some soil and dumped it out.

She scooped up the two packages, one half-opened, and my camera from under the piano, and pressed them into my good arm.

He scooped up the little boy and ran from the fire.

There they may be scooped up illegally by richer fishermen, with bigger boats, from the neighbouring Dominican Republic.

Once inside, she scooped up little Okello, whose arms bore sores from poor IV care and whose body raged with a high fever.

Subprime lenders have also been scooped up by investment banks, including Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank, in recent months.

He scooped up bits of eggs and tomatoes with a piece of bread.

Mr Davis may not have scooped up many votes, but his importance is now being rapidly inflated by Republican spin-doctors.

Through February and March, Mr. Tepper scooped up beaten-down bank shares as many investors were running for the exits.

Floating to the top, it is scooped up and recycled, using chemicals to disguise the smell.

He scooped up some of the water and let it run through his fingers.

In the meantime, the big revenues will be scooped up by strong foreign brands selling convenience and lifestyle.

Chinese contractors have scooped up cancelled contracts and won new ones, though few have yet taken effect.

At the last parliamentary one, in 2008, President Obiang Nguema's ruling party scooped up 99 of the supine legislature's 100 seats.

That means newcomers will find the easier-to-spot investments have already been scooped up.

Millions of kilometres away on Mars, the Viking landers have scooped up some soil and mixed it with carbon-14-labelled nutrients.

A worker pours oil that he scooped up from the spill with a helmet into an oil drum, near Dalian port on July 22, 2010.

Critics say Mr Ben Ali's wife scooped up 1. 5 tonnes of gold as she fled Tunisia (worth about $71m today).

She scooped up a handful of mud and water in trembling hands.

China has greedily scooped up oil and gas contracts that others have declined.

I assume one was enough for my granny and so Lucy and I got scooped up by social services in 1961.

Diamonds were being scooped up by the handful.

I quickly scooped up another ravioli and popped it in my mouth.

The lizard's tongue shot out and scooped up the fly.

"Come on, frog! " cried Avery. He scooped up his frog.

The wheels scooped up stones which hammered ominously under the car.

Other midsize tech companies, such as Ciena Corp. , have recently scooped up smaller rivals to bulk up.

Those 50 were in addition to the dozens of ethnic Koreans that Samsung scooped up from MBA programs in America.

Bank stocks led the way, but investors also scooped up beaten-down industrial and technology shares.