• Trump Picks Another Battle With Black Athletes http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/11/trump_picks_another_battle_with_black_athletes.html 6 comments 21/11/2017 politics
• Angela Merkel picks her battles http://www.politico.eu/article/angela-merkel-picks-her-battles-london-united-kingdom/ 4 comments 29/5/2017 europe
• Battle surrounds Trump's secretary of state pick https://www.yahoo.com/news/battle-surrounds-trumps-secretary-state-pick-192111498.html 16 comments 25/11/2016 politics
• The Rams cut Isaiah Battle after spending a 2016 5th round pick on him https://twitter.com/joshnorris/status/640309106037932032 27 comments 5/9/2015 nfl
• Jimmer Fredette picking his battles. http://instagram.com/p/x9lQuSI8S8 163 comments 18/1/2015 nba
• Trump, Biden battle over quick confirmation of court pick https://apnews.com/article/ruth-bader-ginsburg-judiciary-us-supreme-court-courts-nancy-pelosi-97232210fcca5b9a567259679f709b81 3 comments 27/9/2020 politics
• Campaign donations to Democrats pick up in battle for Senate https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-senate-republicans/campaign-donations-to-democrats-pick-up-in-battle-for-senate-iduskcn24g37x 5 comments 16/7/2020 politics
• Joe Biden's pick for vice president will play a critical role in his battle against Donald Trump https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-10/joe-biden-vp-pick-critical-to-beating-donald-trump/12505570 46 comments 9/8/2020 politics
• Draymond on the battle in LA: “I have a hard time picking against the Clippers” https://streamable.com/er2qqs 202 comments 8/8/2020 nba
• Democrats consider backing off big battle over Trump's Supreme Court pick http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/30/politics/democrats-supreme-court-battle/index.html 62 comments 31/1/2017 politics
• Trump mulls Supreme Court pick as nomination battle brews http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38747588 5 comments 25/1/2017 politics
• The Battle for Your Brain. We're partisans by nature, and once we pick a side we see the world in red or blue. http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/how-politics-breaks-our-brains-and-how-we-can-put-them-back-together-20140919 43 comments 6/10/2014 politics
• Warren slows confirmation of Biden higher ed pick, as battle over student aid escalates https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/06/24/nation/warren-slows-confirmation-biden-higher-ed-pick-battle-over-student-aid-escalates/ 21 comments 25/6/2021 politics
• Mike Pompeo, Trump’s pick for secretary of state, talks about politics as a battle of good and evil He’s told audiences, “Jesus Christ … is the only solution for our world.” https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/3/15/17117298/mike-pompeo-trump-secretary-of-state-politics-battle-evangelical-holy-war-christian 4 comments 8/1/2020 politics
• Democrats ride monster fundraising to take the House, GOP successfully picks its Senate battles https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/11/2018-wrap-up-am/#utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=r%2F18wrap-up-110718 7 comments 7/11/2018 politics
• EU’s New Hanseatic League picks its next battle https://www.ft.com/content/aedbe32a-8af7-11e8-bf9e-8771d5404543?desktop=true 9 comments 30/7/2018 europe
• Trump CIA Pick Mike Pompeo Depicted War on Terror as Islamic Battle Against Christianity https://theintercept.com/2016/11/23/mike-pompeo-religious-war/ 7 comments 23/11/2016 politics
• Biden picks Jerome Powell to lead the Fed for a second term as the U.S. battles Covid and inflation https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/22/biden-picks-jerome-powell-to-lead-the-fed-for-a-second-term-as-the-us-battles-covid-and-inflation.html 62 comments 22/11/2021 economy
• Biden picks Jerome Powell to lead the Fed for a second term as the U.S. battles Covid and inflation https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/11/22/biden-picks-jerome-powell-to-lead-the-fed-for-a-second-term-as-the-us-battles-covid-and-inflation.html 5 comments 22/11/2021 politics
• Trump Picked the Wrong Hostage in Battle Over Confederate-Named Military Bases https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/07/grassley-predicts-gop-break-with-trump-on-confederate-names.html 9 comments 7/7/2020 politics
• [Athletic] Family Feud: Bowlens pick sides in the battle for control of the Denver Broncos https://theathletic.com/1603334/2020/02/13/family-feud-bowlens-pick-sides-in-the-battle-for-control-of-the-denver-broncos?source=shared-article 18 comments 13/2/2020 nfl
• How to Rebound After a Disaster: Move, Don’t Rebuild, Research Suggests - “You’re in a fight with the ocean. You’re fighting to hold the ocean in place. Maybe that’s not the battle we want to pick.” https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/climate/sea-level-managed-retreat.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fclimate&action=click&contentcollection=climate&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentplacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront 380 comments 23/8/2019 science
• TIL of a Polish pilot who, after being shot down during the Battle of Britain, landed in a country club and proceeded to play and win a game a tennis before an RAF truck came to pick him up. http://www.historic-uk.com/historyuk/historyofbritain/polish-pilots-the-battle-of-britain/ 15 comments 31/10/2017 europe
• Let's imagine a near perfect game between two amazing teams. What 2 teams from history would you pick to battle one another in the ultimate showdown? https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/6tk0va/lets_imagine_a_near_perfect_game_between_two/ 63 comments 14/8/2017 nfl
• California backers of legalized marijuana fear possible battle with attorney general pick Jeff Sessions http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-marijuana-legalization-jeff-sessions-snap-20161201-story.html 4 comments 1/12/2016 politics
• NFL Network's new strategy to promote the TNF matchup between the Titans and Jags: It's a battle for the #1 draft pick http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000445313/article/what-to-watch-for-in-titansjaguars-on-tnf 181 comments 18/12/2014 nfl
• The Fight to Rein in Facebook Takes a Big Step—or Two—Forward This Week - First, whistleblower Frances Haugen will testify. Then Biden’s aggressive antitrust pick finally gets his confirmation hearing. But it’s still an uphill battle. https://newrepublic.com/article/163868/facebook-frances-haugen-congress-testimony 16 comments 5/10/2021 politics
• [Asman] I’ve honestly never rooted against my team like this before. Unreal feeling but it has to be done. This win would have met absolutely nothing and would have crushed the #1 overall pick. Jets fans understand the need to lose these battles to win the war. https://twitter.com/jakeasman/status/1326015890194919424 151 comments 10/11/2020 nfl
• Trump vs. the Women Who Lead Michigan: A Battle With 2020 Implications | The president has picked fights with Michigan’s governor, attorney general and secretary of state over voting rights and the coronavirus. They haven’t backed down. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/12/us/politics/trump-michigan-whitmer-benson-nessel.html 18 comments 12/7/2020 politics
• Democratic underdog Jaime Harrison picks up bundlers as he sees fundraising success in battle with GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/20/south-carolina-senate-race-jaime-harrison-gains-bundlers-in-race-against-lindsey-graham.html 9 comments 20/4/2020 politics
• [Charles Barkley] Why should Lebron be the only American company not doing business in China? Everybody doesn't have to pick every battle to fight. We don't get to tell him what to be passionate about. You don't get to import your values on another country. Nobody gets to say what they want to." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQcuh5OZ66k 135 comments 21/10/2019 nba
• 25+ years ago, Robert Mueller, upon arriving to D.C. & being warned by then lifelong Justice Dept. official, David Margolis, to pick & choose his battles or else get chewed up by the partisan and bureaucratic bickering of D.C., fixed Margolis with an icy stare and replied: "I don't bruise easily." https://www.wired.com/story/heres-what-happens-if-magnificent-bastard-mueller-gets-fired/ 6 comments 21/9/2018 politics
• [Washburn] Talked to Perk about issue with Curry. “I don’t know why people keep wanting to pick battles this way. Might want to choose that [expletive] wisely, man, [rather] than [bleeping] with me. I don’t think I’m the problem that they want, though, might want to pick another battle.” https://twitter.com/gwashburnglobe/status/1004101101992497153 56 comments 5/6/2018 nba
• Leandra English, the woman at the center of a White House battle for control of the CFPB, files lawsuit against Trump pick to lead watchdog agency https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2017/11/26/who-is-leandra-english-the-woman-at-the-center-of-a-white-house-battle-for-control-of-the-cfpb/?utm_term=.022ec5d7be2f 3 comments 27/11/2017 politics
• ‘Cheap Page Six reporter’ is Sean Spicer’s new insult. Gotta pick your battles Spicey. If News Corp abandons you, you're going to have a bad time. http://pagesix.com/2017/02/15/cheap-page-six-reporter-is-sean-spicers-new-insult/?_ga=1.233868510.1581896928.1481209912 9 comments 16/2/2017 politics
• "No one smuggles oil any more. Krystal is the new oil" Abdullah, Basra drug dealer - Crystal meth epidemic forces Basra's police to pick battles with smugglers. Consumption is doubling year on year, but the Iraqi city’s anti-narcotics force operates on a shoestring budget. (Iraq) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/16/no-one-smuggles-oil-any-more-basra-police-battle-crystal-meth-epidemic 7 comments 16/8/2016 worldnews
• Despite U.N. Treaties, War Against Drugs a Losing Battle: As the call for the decriminalization of drugs steadily picks up steam worldwide, a new study concludes there has been no significant reduction in the global use of illicit drugs since the creation of three key U.N. anti-drug conventions http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/02/28/despite-un-treaties-war-against-drugs-losing-battle 75 comments 1/3/2015 worldnews
• Could Libertarian Gary Johnson hurt Romney in the West? Johnson appears to be picking up enough support in the western United States to affect the battle between Obama and Romney. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/15/us-usa-campaign-johnson-idusbre85e06320120615 203 comments 15/6/2012 politics
• Grassroots Movement for Paid Sick Days for Workers Picking Up Steam Across the Country: A broad coalition across the country is fighting--and winning--battles for workers' right to stay home when they're ill. http://www.alternet.org/story/152750/grassroots_movement_for_paid_sick_days_for_workers_picking_up_steam_across_the_country_/?page=entire 9 comments 17/10/2011 politics
• What's clear now is that Obama is a president with a combative stubbornness that's not often visible in his cool, above-the-fray public style. And he has demonstrated that a president who picks a goal, adopts a battle plan, and sticks with it is not easy to knock out. http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-health-obama22-2010mar22,0,2547943.story 12 comments 23/3/2010 politics