peccadillo
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"Scotland has one peccadillo and that is Cardinal O'Brien," he says.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
A love of disinformation is the peccadillo that springs from bigotry, not the other way around.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2022
But at L.S.U., about the only unpardonable peccadillo is failing to win.
From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2021
This is not a whimsical peccadillo to be written off against the backdrop of an otherwise progressive outlook.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2018
When you wish to avert a scolding, it is well to be candid and confess; and rather make the most of the peccadillo.
From The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Lewis Wingfield
The specter of a big electoral defeat makes Labour politicians more sensitive to Mr. Starmer’s peccadilloes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
It’s not unusual for rumors about financial, sexual or other peccadilloes to attend a campaign.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
He obviously wants the world to remember and think of him as strong and resolute, and basically a good guy despite his personal peccadilloes.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2024
That being said, I would never plan such a trip for people whose preferences and peccadilloes I didn’t know so well; the potential for catastrophic error is too high.
From Washington Post ● May 12, 2022
So when he appraised Sister Loretta Marie it was with eyes that had spent a lifetime studying the habits and peccadilloes of nuns.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Others at Mr. Julian’s table gave similarly tolerant responses to my question about Mr. Paxton’s peccadillos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
He said he took particular issue with the use of the word "peccadillos".
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2022
But that philosophy assumes Snyder is just a run-of-the-mill bad businessman with nasty peccadillos, whose troubles are containable.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 29, 2021
Hearing those decades-old recordings—voices crackling out of the past, disclosing peccadillos and airing guilty consciences—is an eerie experience, and you can understand why Bridge was transfixed by the thing he’d created.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2021
It doesn't, or anyhow it shouldn't, attempt to deal with trifling peccadillos; it generally couldn't.
From By Advice of Counsel by Arthur Cheney Train
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