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Last year, Ripple Chief Executive Brad Garlinghouse had a bone to pick with banks, saying they had shut him and his industry out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

On the chance that he does, I have a bone to pick with him – less cosmic, but something that speaks volumes about his probity and fitness for office.

From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2025

Nadira Goffe has a bone to pick with Hulu’s new show The Other Black Girl.

From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2023

Police said one of its "brave" officers - who had a bone to pick - found the discovery was of a more humerus nature.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2023

She didn’t finish her stew, but she did fish out a tiny bone to pick her small white teeth with.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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