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That would let him pass laws that do not entail constitutional amendments by picking off just a few PRI members or their allies.

Today, I found my boyfriend in his room picking off the dead skin from his feet with a needle.

Steal: To take the ball away from the opposing team, either off the dribble or by picking off a pass.

But you could argue that the Greek crisis is simply an example of predators picking off the weakest member of the herd.

A kind of bird evolved to follow the pillaging army, happily picking off the agitated fleeing insects in the air.

It has also got bills approved by cleverly exploiting the opposition's divisions and picking off factions within it.

The game of large, financially strong miners picking off small, distressed competitors is slowing, analysts and investment bankers say.

they're like- coyotes, picking off the weak members of the herd.

coyotes picking off the weak members of the herd.

I had thought the opposite -- hedge funds picking off Wall Street -- would happen today.

Then, on April 10th, mysterious "men in black" entered the fray, picking off army commanders with high-powered rifles.

For picking off pimples, few reliable studies exist to show clear benefits of one treatment over another.

Rorschach : Maybe someone's picking off costumed heroes.

They are also picking off those who speak the truth.

I wouldn't recommend sending vertigos in for building assault, unless you are picking off cranes.

Picking off assets now looks smart.

He can see how to destroy the resistance simply by picking off a few key people.

Reusing pieces of code is liked picking off sentences from other people's stories and trying to make a magazine article. (Bob Frankston)

after picking off the front sealing top cap of the administration device, the salve is pumped to the assigned scale;