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“Receiving cold calls from friends and family is now a huge pet peeve of mine,” she said.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

Another pet peeve for many are sketchy cycling lanes in a city where 18 percent of all trips are made by bike.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

“This idea that cats are trying to manipulate us is a big pet peeve of mine,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

He said BuzzBallz have "have no recovery route in the current system" and "is a huge pet peeve for our customers and us".

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

I can’t be late; her number-one peeve is tardiness.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

After all, one of the biggest pet peeves of modern makers is the perception of their craft as being a frivolous hobby, rather than centuries-old skills that served as a foundation of modern engineering.

From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2026

Tell us about your pet peeves or why you find them beneficial at [email protected].

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

When I asked El-Erian about the Fed, I was gratified to hear him address one of my pet peeves: the dim-bulb types who proudly declare themselves to be data-dependent, full stop.

From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025

I went to Italy for the first time two years ago and learned that one of their pet peeves is how we say “pistachio.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025

Instead of getting to know each other, becoming familiar with likes and dislikes, ticklish spots, pet peeves, Desdemona and Lefty tried to defamiliarize themselves with each other.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Mr. Harris highlights the Brooklyn-born comedian’s legendary propensity to walk off stage if an audience’s response peeved him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Apple’s AI missteps, including a botched rollout of a smarter version of the Siri voice assistant, peeved investors last year.

From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026

“I didn’t come here to play games, and that’s kind of what this is feeling like to me,” says one peeved competitor on this romance game show, “And it’s a little disappointing.”

From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2025

Voters attracted to Reform don't come from any one political tribe, but ask pollsters and they share a sentiment – they're pretty peeved with the UK in 2025.

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2025

That request had peeved Dad, who claimed that we Oregonians suffer eight months of rain a year and should be exempt from ever worrying about water conservation.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman

No-one needs point out to Starmer himself that changing the leadership mid-government causes huge disruption to Whitehall and the country by slowing down the government's work and peeving the public.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

Vigilante peeving does nothing to actually educate people.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 4, 2013

Instead of peeving about supposed incorrect usage, they find themselves using better dictionaries, consulting better usage guides, and looking at cost-free high-quality online materials - such as language corpora - to figure it out.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2011

I can't say I was wholly faultless in peeving Governor Reed but I couldn't let him get away with that.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was exulting in the thought that he must be peeving Amanda.

From Amanda — a Daughter of the Mennonites by Anna Balmer Myers