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During his late-night appearance, Schreiber made it quite clear he has a bone to pick with increasingly reductive language, lamenting the use of emojis to communicate thoughts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Brian Lee has a big, juicy bone to pick with you.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

But they’ve got another bone to pick with Holden Caulfield: He is being used as a prop by performative men to impress those around him.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026

Dahlia Lithwick has a bone to pick with Ted Lasso’s critics.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 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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