pick over

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Verb
  • The court declined, however, to review a challenge to a federal ban on handgun sales to 18- to 20-year-olds, as well as to a similar Florida state law.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • The restaurant received a score of 68 and has since been re-inspected and cleared to open.
    Mary Ella Hastings July 3, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 July 2026
  • The Venezuelan College of Engineers (CIV) has launched emergency training sessions for engineers, architects and technical specialists who will inspect damaged structures and determine whether they can be repaired or must be demolished.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • Apple examines each application and each update of every third-party app, and if these don’t meet Apple’s definition of acceptable, then they are not allowed to be installed.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
  • These agencies examine the water in comparison to contamination thresholds to determine if the area is swimmable.
    Finch Walker, USA Today, 5 July 2026
Verb
  • Counties investigate these cases, and officials acknowledge that fraud exists, but neither the state nor local property appraisers publish verifiable statewide fraud statistics.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2026
  • The incident, which authorities are investigating, occurred 30 nautical miles (around 55 kilometers) southwest of Yemen’s Red Sea port of Al Hudaydah, UKMTO said.
    Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Verb
  • Of the 91 microchips, Honsal said 85 were scanned from the intact canine remains, and six were found in loose soil.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Others may step in when a package jams, a label fails to scan or a pallet needs human attention.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • Based on this, TMZ reported that Rhode Island was the best fit, while New York was the worst due to its reputation of judges who sometimes scrutinize and invalidate prenups.
    Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 3 July 2026
  • Warsh’s tentative first steps in the role are being scrutinized perhaps more than any Fed chair in history.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 July 2026
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“Pick over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pick%20over. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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