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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

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

Our only bone to pick here is that Nov. 26 is being described as “after the election.”

From Slate • Sep. 7, 2024

“Red, I don’t have any bone to pick with you.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy