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For Phillips though, there is a little bone to pick.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

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

On the chance that he does, I have a bone to pick with him – less cosmic, but something that speaks volumes about his probity and fitness for office.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2025

Our only bone to pick here is that Nov. 26 is being described as “after the election.”

From Slate • Sep. 7, 2024

She didn’t finish her stew, but she did fish out a tiny bone to pick her small white teeth with.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor