pick out
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“You can pick out the guys who should stay in the game,” said Bud Black, Venable’s longtime manager with the San Diego Padres.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
“If you looked at 10 guys with normal testosterone, you would have an impossible time trying to pick out the guy with the most testosterone,” says Morgentaler.
From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2026
The second-round pick out of Florida took over the role after Tyler Biadasz, who signed a three-year deal with the Chargers last offseason, tore an anterior cruciate ligament in practice last month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Fired one effort way over and failed to pick out a team-mate on one promising breakaway after his cutback went straight into traffic.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Try to pick out one particular fish for a conversation, but they’re swarming, so I keep losing ’em in the crowd.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
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