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
Dahlia Lithwick has a bone to pick with Ted Lasso’s critics.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 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
But, for this reason alone, I have a bone to pick with garlic salt.
From Salon • Mar. 4, 2023
“I got a bone to pick with you, Zhang. You can turn into an eagle? And a bear?”
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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