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If one had to nail down the central theme of “The Audacity,” aside from pure human foible, it would be the perils posed to privacy by the profitability of data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

"Never For Ever" ultimately produced three Top 20 singles, including the indelible foible "Babooshka."

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2022

Jones happily recites the joke using the other word, and the two men laugh, having been caught in a foible of their profession.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2021

Like Dr. Jekyll, Ipkiss transforms into a frenzied alter ego, a character foible that would be similarly replicated in “Me, Myself & Irene,” “Liar Liar” and “Bruce Almighty.”

From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2020

She spoke with an affectionate compassion for Lady Mary's foible and an air of innocence which quite took aback the most part of her guests.

From Parson Kelly by Andrew Lang

“It is infectious to play a character who sees the best in people and isn’t mad at the world for all its foibles and bullies and shadows,” Sudeikis recently told the Hollywood Reporter.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

The river itself becomes a kind of character, silently and impartially overseeing the foibles of humanity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

Writing about their failures, foibles and frustrations did not lessen the hold that these three men and their movie magic have on Fischer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026

They focused instead on human experience as it unfolds, moment by uncertain moment, capturing everyday foibles, errors and foolishness in the face of quotidian ruthlessness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026

Surely I don't have to remind you that our professional duty is not to our own foibles and sentiments, but to the wishes of our employer.'

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro