peccadillo
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"Scotland has one peccadillo and that is Cardinal O'Brien," he says.
From BBC • May 7, 2025
Yet he is likely soon to be sworn in, admitting only to the peccadillo of “résumé embellishment” when really what he seems to have done is “made up almost everything about his biography.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2023
A minor peccadillo alongside the enormities rightly laid at the door of your man.
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2022
A love of disinformation is the peccadillo that springs from bigotry, not the other way around.
From Salon • Jul. 13, 2022
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 Wingfield, Lewis
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