pick on
Example Sentences
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When the NFL draft begins on Thursday night, Commissioner Roger Goodell will hardly need to glance at an index card to know that the Raiders intended to use the first overall pick on Mendoza.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Smith-Njigba’s radar for the ball is why the Seahawks used their first-round pick on him even though they already had a star receiver in DK Metcalf.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
I have been burned by the latter before, so I shied away from doing a pre-earnings pick on SharkNinja in early November.
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
A Wedbush Securities analyst named the stock as a top pick on Thursday.
From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025
“Why in the world did you have to pick on Colonel Korn? Say, what happened to the lights? Why is everything so dark?”
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
