pick at
pluck at
pull at

They can ask to be pulled back up for air at any time.

He was then pulled at the end of the half.

You mean he could have pulled us to him at any time?

She pulled at his hand, trying to get him to leave.

Will pulled away at the sound of his mother's voice.

He pulled a face at himself and got to work.

She pulled a face at me as I started to speak.

But when he pulled at them they came up in his hand, not more than ten feet long!

The woman pulled very close to me at that moment.

However, the single was pulled by the record company at the last minute.