picks at
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She is one of those kids who picks at their food.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
The analysts shared their income stock picks at a time when investors are fretting about how the war in Iran could disrupt the global economic outlook.
From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026
That gives her influence over whom Mamdani picks at City Hall to carry out his affordability agenda and is unlikely to assuage concerns that his administration will carry out an agenda unfriendly to business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
On this, his third album, he picks at the scabs of northern working-class life, and rails against a system that leaves families mired in bureaucratic neglect.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2025
Naomi looks down and picks at the rest of the cookie lying on her napkin.
From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
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