easy pickings
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We are small fry by most standards, but I can imagine state lawmakers looking at us as easy pickings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Squirrels should be smart enough to take the easy pickings over the puzzle box.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2026
The little caenagnathids would have been easy pickings for adolescent tyrannosaurs honing their hunting skills.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 8, 2023
Those waters also provide an abundance of easy pickings for amateur hunters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
It’s time-consuming to get there, but the waterfowl are such easy pickings you can make up for lost hunting time.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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