Verb (used with object) : The boss handpicked his assistants.    From Dictionary.com. 

But when you talk about it, you have to hand-pick the troops.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 6, 2006] Reference

I could hand-pick only two teams without getting caught at it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Galactic Patrol]

You can't hand-pick, cherry-pick which jurisdiction you go to.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 21, 2003] Reference

What criteria is being used to hand-pick these defense attorneys?.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Interview with Scott Fenstermaker, Part VI] Reference

"It just says he wasn't able to hand-pick his successor," said the source.    From Wordnik.com.  [Miramax Divorce: Tina Hires Fields, Showbiz Lawyer] Reference

They build big elaborate stage sets and hand-pick audiences for their lies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Embedded TIME Reporter: Bush Lied In Speech Yesterday About Iraqi Security Forces] Reference

PELTZ: Cartoon editor Bob Mankoff has to hand-pick the best of this week's harvest.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Special Event: The Florida Vote - December 7, 2000] Reference

These fine folks cull through numerous stories and hand-pick the best for our reading pleasure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Design Your Own Dream Anthology] Reference

Or would he exercise his right under the Elections Act to hand-pick the candidate in the riding?.    From Wordnik.com.  [How do Tom Flanagan and Stephen Harper negotiate? - Ezra Levant] Reference

McGuinty's decision to hand-pick the Liberal candidate has rubbed some Hamiltonians the wrong way.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top 10 NDP Races to Watch] Reference

But it may be too late for Mubarak to hand-pick his closest aides to run Egypt if he is forced out.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the streets of Cairo, proof Bush was right] Reference

I hardly would call it a “fair trial” when the accused virtually gets to hand-pick his own judge.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Bush Refuses to Influence DeLay Trial, Then Declares DeLay’s Innocence] Reference

Rather, fold it back into something shared beyond the safe group I hand-pick to run the gauntlet with.    From Wordnik.com.  [Autumn Persisted, or Instanced?] Reference

Do they take the time to personally visit each location or hand-pick the tour guides, bus drivers, etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ronen Paldi: 5 Things to Consider Before Booking that Dream Vacation to that Exotic Location] Reference

Or rather, hed hand-pick them after consulting with someone who knew which Heralds were adequate dancers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Exile's Valor]

Corporations will be able to hand-pick who wins open seats, until both parties are just stuffed with them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Money for Nothing, and Votes for Free] Reference

Beside it an M-16, one he had taken the time to hand-pick from the stores of weapons brought from the plane.    From Wordnik.com.  [The End Is Coming]

They need to have as few people as possible know about it, so they like to do it one-on-one hand-pick people.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 18, 2006] Reference

Word is that she's close to not-long-for-office Treasurer David Petersen and he wanted to hand-pick his successor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference

Ptolemy had confided to close friends in Egypt that he was glad to hand-pick his men, and be rid of the standing army.    From Wordnik.com.  [Funeral Games]

It will be added to, so if you're interested make sure to check back over time as I hand-pick the best pictures to add.    From Wordnik.com.  [Musings of a Drunken Monk: April 16, 2006 Archives] Reference

Instead of election judges, clerks get to hand-pick temporary workers to perform the election duties–no questions asked.    From Wordnik.com.  [Colorado SoS now supports 100% op-scan] Reference

President Obama will hand-pick five bureaucrats to decide what will and will not be covered by our Medicare of the future.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health care town halls will press on, could get heated] Reference

Instead of election judges, clerks get to hand-pick temporary workers to perform the election duties – no questions asked.    From Wordnik.com.  [Colorado SoS now supports 100% op-scan] Reference

The best organic control is to hand-pick them and squash their eggs, which are orange clusters on the lower side of the leaves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Groundwork: Spud time] Reference

A mayor, Marcus said, had the right to hand-pick people for his committee who he could trust and on whose advice he could rely.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

And campus police often hand-pick which incident reports student journalists can view and release filtered details about serious crimes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ken Brack: Push to Open Campus Police Reports at Mass. Private Universities] Reference

Gama-Go co-founders Tim, Chris, and Greg have combed through six years of illustrations to hand-pick this hard-bound 400-page collection.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing] Reference

So instead we have to hand-pick a few of their actions to scrutinize and hold up as proof we are right and justified in how we are voting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Another superdelegate for Obama] Reference

Bait or hand-pick snails on an overcast, damp morning.    From Wordnik.com.  [SFGate: Top News Stories]

You can hand-pick errors to remove, or let FixCleaner do it automatically.    From Wordnik.com.  [2BakSa.Net] Reference

RULE 2: THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS AN HEIR APPARENTRetiring CEOs love to hand-pick their successor.    From Wordnik.com.  [BUILDING A BETTER CEO] Reference

The current study timed how long it takes a laborer to hand-pick weeds versus machine cultivation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newswise: Latest News] Reference

We'll hand-pick the best questions and our deputy editor Alex Stevenson will put them to Mr Clegg.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Latest From www.politics.co.uk] Reference

The first law stipulates that the regime itself will hand-pick members of the electoral commission.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Age News Headlines] Reference

The committee was so desperate to try to hand-pick a candidate from D.C. that it was trying to recruit.    From Wordnik.com.  [SplicedFeed] Reference

Not difficult when you hand-pick your audience with adoring reporters and other sycophants to witness your televised "I'm sorry.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Breaking News: CBS News] Reference