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Since the dawn of his career, Eastwick has had more than one bone to pick with evolutionary psychology.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

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

“I got a bone to pick with you, Zhang. You can turn into an eagle? And a bear?”

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan




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