pick on

Example Sentences

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The Patriots used their first-round pick on quarterback Mac Jones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

A Wedbush Securities analyst named the stock as a top pick on Thursday.

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025

Maybe Mike Tyson should pick on someone his own size.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025

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

I had to prove to them that they did not have the right to pick on me because I was smaller than they were.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers