Cause
Picking
Picking noun - The act or process of selecting.
Both words in one sentence
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Police will attack you if they catch you picking locks, and in some places, picking locks will cause unarmed NPCs to panic, and armed ones to attack you.
Source: Video Game / Deus Ex -
Idiot Ball: Oswald's cause of death is picking up a porn magazine in the middle of a gunfight.
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She emits super-powered pheremones that cause men to just lose their cotton-picking minds, falling all over themselves to make her happy.
Source: Love Potion
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