pick over
verb
picked over; picking over; picks over
: to examine in order to select the best or remove the unwanted
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Brooklyn now has 15 first-round picks over the next seven drafts, which offers impressive flexibility in terms of team building.
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C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 26 June 2024
Draft-wise, the Panthers have had 12 draft picks over the past two years.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 19 June 2024
All of these cases had been thoroughly picked over in mainstream media, so Broomfield’s approach, particularly in Kurt & Courtney and Biggie & Tupac, was to poke around at the fringes and find compelling weirdos with minor connections to the major players.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2024
And here comes anguish, dressed like a crow, to pick over
my entrails.
—Carina Del Valle Schorske, The New York Review of Books, 16 May 2024
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C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 26 June 2024
Draft-wise, the Panthers have had 12 draft picks over the past two years.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 19 June 2024
All of these cases had been thoroughly picked over in mainstream media, so Broomfield’s approach, particularly in Kurt & Courtney and Biggie & Tupac, was to poke around at the fringes and find compelling weirdos with minor connections to the major players.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2024
And here comes anguish, dressed like a crow, to pick over
my entrails.
—Carina Del Valle Schorske, The New York Review of Books, 16 May 2024
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“Pick over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pick%20over. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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