The machine picked ninety-seven out of one hundred locks of cotton.

On the fifth ring the answering machine picked Lip and an emotionless voice gave instructions.

Now, heavy machines called grapplers pick away at what little remains of a structural Colossus.

An answering machine had picked on the third ring, and he had left no message.

The phone rings and I let the machine pick it up.

A machine picks four balls at a time, and every possible combination of numbers is assigned to a team.

The machine always picks some one male, perhaps the strongest, from each ship.

Indeed, there is some resistance even at Google to the idea that a machine can pick talent better than a human.

"That way trees grow only where they're planted, and with very little genetic drift, machines can pick them on a regular schedule."

The machine picked winners worth a $10 million prize in 1995.