pick on

Example Sentences

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Dell was a Barron’s stock pick on Oct.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Barron’s made Quanta Services a top stock pick on Oct.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 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 Patriots used their first-round pick on quarterback Mac Jones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

“You going to go through life letting people pick on you?”

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson