handpick

Example Sentences

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“Unsurprisingly, litigants have taken advantage of these orders to handpick individual district judges seen as particularly sympathetic to their claims.”

From New York Times

Israel’s government is already facing the greatest political crisis in its domestic history over the judicial overhaul proposal, which would give Netanyahu’s government greater power to handpick judges, possibly including those presiding over his corruption trial.

From Washington Post

The judicial overhaul, long sought by Israel’s ascendant right wing, would give the government more power to handpick judges.

From Washington Post

We need a Congress willing to pass a bill that says, “No more single judge district courts where parties on either side of the aisle can handpick extremist judges to manipulate national policy.”

From Slate

I think mine is a little different from traditional fruit salad, just because I think I handpick a bit more of the fruits that I add in it.

From Salon