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been picked over
verb
To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
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"But often they look like they've been picked over".
Only one factor has been picked over: Lubitz's mental health.
I do the opposite because things in the back haven't been picked over yet.
In fact, that value has been picked over by the early birds.
Most dry land has been picked over, and better technology allows exploration in ever deeper waters.
This is a question that has been picked over for decades.
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"With all other warning notices [of legal proceedings], the company is already bust, so the regulator has been picking over the carcass in the bankruptcy courts.
Other industries besides energy are being picked over, too.
Piles of used clothes are being picked over as people prepare for winter.
Every line of his plans will be picked over by legislators.
It is picked over for evidence that the media has gone overboard.
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