picking on
Example Sentences
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The ETF market can also be mean, picking on specific people.
From Slate • Apr. 22, 2025
It starts with the idea that there are more and less logical ways to tax people, and that the tax system should avoid picking on certain types of activity in arbitrary ways.
From BBC • Oct. 2, 2024
He told the officers they would “regret picking on me because you don’t know who … I am.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2023
“Once they start picking on you,” said a former resident, Matasha Harris, “they will not leave you alone.”
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2023
“Why am I picking on you every day? Why don’t I ever bawl out those other layabouts?”
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
