Prepositions - C1 level

The place is crawling __ cops.

In prison, they were starved and deprived ___ sleep

He was cursed ___ poor health when he was a child

If you want to get higher mark, you had better buckle ___ to those projects.

Why do you keep picking ___ me? That's not my fault!

She came ___ a fortune when her uncle died.

I couldn't afford the house I really wanted, so I had to settle ___ the second best.

Distrust of foreigners can shade ___ racism.

I thought the game was boring at first - it didn't liven ___ until the second half.

We can't just paper ___ the problem.