hand-pick

Example Sentences

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She told police: "I wanted her on the unit, I really did. When students come through the system you are almost able to hand-pick the creme de la creme and she was one of those."

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2024

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

He had to hand-pick his own allies, personally banish his enemies within the party and beat the living tar out of the rest at the ballot box in primaries.

From Washington Times • May 19, 2022

I hand-pick all the plants from local independent nurseries.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2022

I hand-pick my apples and sell them in our home market.

From The Apple by Various