He picked his way past ten blocks of construction and went to the library first.

Two old women were picking their way carefully past the crater.

The members of the House ethics committee pick their way past the television cameras, brush aside all questions.

He picked his way through the wreckage, past the corpse, around the counter.

They stepped out into the night, picking their way past the filthy van.

He picked his way past the door to the garage, and around to the stairwell that led upstairs to the main of the house.

He picked his way past the people in the aisles.

Satisfied that all was well, they picked a course past the back of the old mansion.

With that she turned back, and started to pick her way past the rocks toward the ocean.

And finally picked an older woman, probably past bearing.