bone to pick
Example Sentences
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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
Man’s best friend appears to have a bone to pick with U.S.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 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
‘Glad indeed I am to see you safe back. But I’ve a bone to pick with you, in a manner o’ speaking, if I may make so bold.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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