hand-pick
Example Sentences
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Now Bovino is expected to hand-pick some of the replacements at ICE field offices, according to Fox News.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025
Outgoing presidents and governors were allowed to hand-pick their successors, but had to retire from politics entirely after their term ended.
From Washington Times • Nov. 10, 2023
Pena's political career took off when protests in 2016 forced then-President Cartes to abandon plans to seek an extra term by amending the constitution and to hand-pick Pena as his intended successor.
From Reuters • May 1, 2023
As the harvest unfolds, dozens of workers kneel in the vineyards to hand-pick grapes and put them into baskets.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2022
The introduction of the wet method of preparation, indeed, has made it largely unnecessary to hand-pick crops; and the tendency seems to be away from this practise on the larger plantations.
From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)
