pick over

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Verb
  • The Second Look Commission was established to review a sampling of severe child abuse cases to monitor state response and make policy recommendations to lawmakers on the issue.
    Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 3 Feb. 2025
  • This is a good thing, as clunky shifts were one of our complaints when reviewing the Slingshot in previous model years.
    Aaron Turpen, New Atlas, 1 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • After stowing its protective covering, Williams will inspect the RFG while Wilmore secures his spacesuit to the station's robotic arm for relocation to assist in the component's removal.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2025
  • George Washington appointed the nation’s first IG, Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, to inspect and develop standards for the Continental Army.
    Lucy Lang, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Founded on the ethos of art as a form of mystic healing, the label reimagines the family heirloom—and invites its patrons to examine their relationship with objects.
    Nia Shumake, Essence, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Each knife in the collection serves as a tactile work of art, designed to be held, examined, and admired.
    Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Shortly after returning to the White House, Trump signed a pair of executive orders pledging to protect citizens from unjust prosecution and end federal censorship, while directing his administration to investigate previous actions by federal agencies under the Biden presidency.
    Julia Bonavita, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Listen to this article The San Diego Humane Society is investigating the death of a horse during last month’s rodeo at Petco Park to determine whether negligence or criminal intent played a role.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Global Monitoring: Their system tracks over 13 million companies worldwide, scanning information in 12 languages to detect potential disruptions like financial instability or delays at ports.
    Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Several miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, scientists aboard a submersible scanned the shadowy seafloor for signs of life.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Congress stripped out bipartisan PBM reforms in the final federal government spending package late last year, even after lawmakers for years introduced bills and held hearings to scrutinize them.
    Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Federal investigators raided Banks’ Queens home on Sept. 4 and seized his electronics as part of a corruption probe that sources say is scrutinizing influence-peddling and kickbacks on city contracts.
    Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2025
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