Picked and Yanked

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Picked adjective - Singled out from a number or group as more to one's liking.

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Yanked and picked are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Yanked" instead a verb "Picked".

Nearby Words: pick, picky, picker, picking

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Picked and yanked are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Picked" instead a verb "Yanked".

Nearby Words: yank, yanking

Reset Button: Employed in an early episode in which all three contestants were completely clueless; at the end of Round 1, Ober and his "mother" had all three of them yanked Off the Air simultaneously, and they were replaced with new players picked from the audience after the commercial break.

Source: Series / Remote Control
Eventually, Toon Disney picked up the episode and reran it for quite a while, then was pulled again (and yanked off any future DVD releases until 2008) after the September 11th attacks for the same reasons.

Source: Missing Episode / Western Animation

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