pickup, helpline, rev up, upswing, lifeline. hit hard during the pandemic, is gaining momentum, a strong indicator that the overall office market in Manhattan is on the upswing.

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  Pickup games generally take place on mornings and evenings.

Exploring New York Through Basketball

By ISAAC EGER

The city’s pickup basketball courts are one way to get a feel for New York, if you don’t mind waiting your turn. 

GM Buying 7% Stake in France's Peugeot

General Motors plans to extend a $335 million lifeline to struggling French auto maker PSA Peugeot Citroën as part of a tie-up that each hopes will aid turnarounds at their struggling European car operations.

At Last! Banks Rev Up Lending

U.S. banks increased lending by $130 billion in the last three months of 2011, posting the largest quarterly pickup in four years and marking a possible upswing in the economic rebound.





Leasing activity for older buildings, hit hard during the pandemic, is gaining momentum, a strong indicator that the overall office market in Manhattan is on the upswing.

By Jane Margolies
Oct. 16, 2025 疫情期間遭受重創的老舊建築租賃活動正在復蘇，這有力地顯示曼哈頓整體辦公大樓市場正在回升。

Earlier this year, Flyglobespan, which was set up in 2002, announced it had made an operating profit of £1.2m following a loss of £19m the previous year.
However, earlier this year, it pulled its services out of the Durham Tees Valley airport, blaming the worsening economic climate.
A helpline for passengers will be operational from 1000 GMT - 0871 271 9000.

A helpline was originally a telephone service which offers help to those that call. Many helpline services now offer more than telephone support - offering access to information, advice or customer service via telephone, email, web or SMS.

úpswìng[úp・swìng]

[名]

1 （振り子などの）上揺れ, 上向きの振り.

2 著しい増加［向上, 上昇, 発展］

an upswing in student enrollment
学生数の著しい上昇

on the upswing
（商売などが）大きく上向いて.

━━[動] 〔〕 （-swung）(自)上に揺れる；著しく増加［向上, 上昇, 発展］する；上向く.


 (pĭk'ŭp')
n.

1. 1. The act or process of picking up: the pickup and delivery of farm produce.
   2. Sports. The act of striking or fielding a ball after it has touched the ground: a good pickup and throw from third base.
   3. Capacity for acceleration: a sports car with good pickup.
   4. Informal. An improvement in condition or activity: a pickup in sales.
   5. Slang. An arrest by a law enforcement officer.
2. One that is picked up, especially:
   1. Passengers or freight: Taxi drivers expect good tips from airport pickups.
   2. Informal. A hitchhiker.
   3. Slang. A stranger with whom casual acquaintance is made, usually in anticipation of sexual relations.
3. Accounting. A balance brought forward.
4. Previous journalistic copy to which succeeding copy is added.
5. Music. See upbeat (sense 1).
6. One that picks up, especially:
   1. A pickup truck.
   2. The rotary rake on a piece of machinery, such as a harvester, that picks up windrowed hay or straw.
7. Electronics.
   1. A device that converts the oscillations of a phonograph needle into electrical impulses for subsequent conversion into sound.
   2. The tone arm of a record player.
8. 1. The reception of light or sound waves for conversion to electrical impulses.
   2. The apparatus used for such reception.
   3. A telecast originating outside a studio.
   4. The apparatus for transmitting a broadcast from an outside place to the broadcasting station.

adj.
Being, relating to, or involving a group of people assembled informally for a temporary purpose: a pickup orchestra; a pickup baseball game.