Sentences with phrase «started picking at»

My almost 13 year old dog (mixed) recently started picking at his food.

I started picking at the mound of lipstick with a pair of tweezers, then eventually gave up and used a makeup wipe.

I can usually make it 24 hours before I start picking at it, haha.

The interior is generally handsome, but like Graham said, once you start picking at things, the façade seems to fall pretty quickly.

Kubu starts picking at threads, each one drawing him closer toward a clever scam with international and deadly implications.

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I've also started a new self - imposed daily challenging healthy activity (sidcha) this spring to pick up at least one piece of trash per day and put it into a trash or recycling can.

«It would be up to them to pick, because every bad start - up would approach them first, too, but at least they'd see everything.»

When the door opened, the Korean tourists poured out and all started picking up trash at the tourist site.

«The magic of Mario is that anyone can pick up a game and everyone can start playing,» Miyamoto said at the time.

In some places, like Tokyo, it's easy to rent a portable Wi - Fi hotspot to use all around the country — you can even pick them up from the airport — but this isn't as easy everywhere, and if there are any issues picking up the hotspot at the start of your trip, you're out of luck.

«While energy inflation should pick up again towards the middle of this year, it should start to slow towards year - end... And with wage growth still muted, a marked pick - up in service inflation is not on the cards,» said Marcel Thieliant, senior Japan economist at Capital Economics.

The company ditched online shopping in 2009, but recently started letting people pay online and pick up at a store.

He picked up a low paying job at a construction company and, shortly afterwards, started building his real estate portfolio.

With 2015 - 16 looking like another throwaway year — the 76ers pretty much sat out of free agency, with their biggest offseason addition being No. 3 pick, Jahlil Okafor — that means they won't start aiming for the playoffs until at least Year 4.

So when they pick your numbers down at the lottery — or your name in the NFL draft — just remember: The odds are staggering that the countdown clock has started and you are already headed for bankruptcy.

Haroun is now branching out to share his knowledge with the world, knowledge he picked up working at Goldman Sachs, the consulting industry at Accenture, several companies he started, the hedge fund industry at Citadel and the venture capital sector.

As with any UberPOOL, you'll get picked up at a corner near your starting point and dropped off at another corner near your destination, making the route more direct and subsequently saving you time.

Pick started his interview at the Credit Suisse conference talking about markets more broadly, saying that this is «the finishing phase» of a climb down from well - established market highs.

They tell you a thousand and one things you «need» to do all at once, like SEO, picking the right résumé font, building a business Facebook page, starting a podcast, and on and on.

The partners at his 25 - employee law firm had picked their plan 15 years ago, long before technology - driven retirement platforms started to drive down costs.

After picking up strong signals of a polymetallic sulphide zone by geophysical survey, Julia Mines Ltd has started a 2000 metre reverse circulation drilling programme at Pipeline Bore to test targets on the Allco Monetti joint venture ground.

When the cases started to build up again in April 2014, it was at last picked up by national authorities in Guinea.

So all the dumb algorithms looked at the order book and saw a lot of sellers — some real, Sarao fake — and not so many buyers, and they panicked and started selling too, and Sarao was there to pick up the pieces:

«People were starting to believe the economy was really picking up steam, and desperately wanted this report to be better,» said Joshua Shapiro, chief economist at MFR Inc. «But that didn't happen.»

Stories about Bitcoin reach newspapers and magazines through a simple process: the news starts in a community forum, then it's picked up by a more specialised community / tech news website, then journalists at general media outlets see the story on those sites and write their own versions.

Britain's Tesco began letting shoppers order groceries online and pick them up at the store in 2011, while leading U.S. grocer Kroger didn't start a similar service until late 2014.

After starting the day at a deficit, Facebook picked up momentum after announcing several new products at its f8 developer conference, including...

I'm always telling the lawyers that are just starting out that they can basically ignore asset allocation at first (just buy the total stock market and maybe pick up a small international component) since saving money is the only thing that matters when you're building your portfolio.

Hopefully its like picking at a roll off tape - once you start your off!

Overall, we are starting to see some benefits from the global pick - up that I talked about earlier, but the process is still at an early stage.

We offer in - home delivery starting at $ 59 for a whole year, and many of our products are in - stock and can be delivered or picked up today.

Subscription dinner pioneer eyes retail sales as competition picks up

Blue Apron Holdings Inc. said it has started selling meal kits at Costco Wholesale Corp. stores as the food delivery company seeks to fight rising competition and woo back customers after operational challenges.

So at some point I suspect we are going to see inflation start to pick up a little bit.

I don't think you need to be an absolute expert at stock picking in order to start investing, but you should always know why you are investing in an individual stock.

Target is getting ready to start offering dedicated pick - up lanes at local stores after a test in select markets last year.

But there have been Americans at every point in our history who have tried to pick up the broken pieces, tried to start again, tried once more to build an ethical society in the light of a transcendent ethical vision.

Design is a process that starts with requirements, you look at alternative ways of satisfying those requirements, you pick one, then build it.

I may try to learn before I start classes if I find myself with the time and drive to do so, but I know that God can communicate His will to me through His word in the modern day Bible translation I carry on my phone, or read at home, or pick up from the church pew.

Rome (CNN)- The process of picking a new pope was one step closer to starting on Monday, as more than 140 Catholic cardinals began a meeting at the Vatican.

I started picking berries at U-pick farms when my first child was just 3 years old (she is now 19) and it's been a yearly family tradition.

Before I started making homemade toaster pastries, I would pick up a box or two each week at the grocery store and my kids would be thrilled to have them for breakfast.

I am overly excited about Hockey season starting... although it never really ended because my 7 yr old plays year round (skills etc) and my husband gets up at 445 am on Saturdays to play pick up.

Soup makes you feel full due to its high water content, and studies have shown that eating soup as an appetizer can decrease calorie intake at a meal by about 20 %: quite simply, starting with soup means you'll feel fuller faster, and be less inclined to pick at the bread basket.

This whole crazy burrito thing start when I stopped in at Giant the other day to pick up rolls only they carry.

This time of year is when I start to think of the similarities between the food of Scandinavia and what's available here in the Pacific Northwest: salmon from local waters, berries picked at the peak of perfection, mushrooms and herbs — the list goes on.

Still on a high after the success of my Apple - Pecan Quinoa Muffins I practically ran to the Whole Foods near my office at lunch the next day to pick up quinoa flour, rainbow quinoa (Per Patty's suggestion) and other seeds, grains and flours that I was determined to start baking with.

I hung at the beach, worked on my blog, watched daytime television, actually picked up a book I started months ago (Gone Girl — so good, I really am curious to see how it ends!)

I started with the a half bushel of Courtland apples that I picked up at Allenholm Farm at Pam's suggestion for sauce and butter.

I can't wait to try some of the many recipes I have earmarked, starting with the Ravioli Salad (I picked up the ingredients at lunch!).

««««World Marmalade Competition: Orange, Lime & Ginger Marmalade wins award at the World Marmalade Competition in England» Within the past few years, Blake Hill's founders Vicky Allard and Joe Hanglin have started this company completely from scratch, and they continue to make every single jar of jam, chutney and marmalade by hand using local, seasonal fruit that they hand - pick and prep themselves.»