fussy
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“Guyana might be a little bit too light for them to want to ramp up, but you know, a liquid barrel is a liquid barrel, so maybe they won’t be too fussy about the quality.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026
The production is a revival of the disappointingly fussy, clumsy, old-fashioned one by Lee Blakeley the company unveiled in 2013 for Conlon and to celebrate the Verdi bicentennial.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
Briany, with her plump cheeks and full head of dark hair, wasn’t normally this fussy.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026
When Leonidas was just a month old, he was fussy and often constipated.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
He’s a ridiculous combo of fussy and terrifying.”
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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