peccadillo
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"Scotland has one peccadillo and that is Cardinal O'Brien," he says.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
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
This is not a whimsical peccadillo to be written off against the backdrop of an otherwise progressive outlook.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2018
That, since Fashoda they should regard Sedan as a peccadillo is strange, to say the least of it.
From The Schemes of the Kaiser by Juliette Adam
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
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
“Those are personal peccadilloes that you may have,” Scorsese incorrectly guesses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
Despite many reports of early peccadilloes on Philip’s part — hidden from public view with the help of cooperative newspaper barons — their bonds endured, a throwback to earlier decades of more durable relationships.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 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
“The Secret Life of Pets” scooted by on premise alone, and with the sequel, animal lovers will adore the cutesy depictions of pet peccadillos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2019
It’s now a given that the personal lives and peccadillos of the people who would be president will be exposed by someone, be it The Washington Post or “Access Hollywood.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 7, 2018
This knowledge was not confined to car costs and such impersonal items, but included meals, scandals, relationships, finances, love affairs, quarrels, peccadillos.
From Gigolo by Edna Ferber
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