pick on

Example Sentences

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“It is vogue now to pick on private credit,” says Andrew Jacobs van Merlen, who runs target-date funds at T. Rowe Price Group.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

This was a sport that everyone loved to pick on for being increasingly irrelevant, and now we’re arguing about a ridiculous non-event before the schedule has started.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

The Chiefs spent a first-round pick on him to protect Patrick Mahomes' blindside in an area that's cost them two heavy Super Bowl defeats.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025

As Florida State Sen. Lauren Book once explained to me, “When you get power in Florida, you can use it to pick on anyone.”

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2025

“Oh, boloney, Claude. Why do you always pick on my gra...”

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg