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He says he believes the system has improved access to university for disadvantaged students, and that it's a "pet peeve" to hear discussions of it being a "crippling loan", or like a mortgage.

From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026

Tell us the word or phrase and why it’s your pet peeve.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026

“It’s a pet peeve with many people,” he told me.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2025

The wrappers are a nostalgic choice for Barrois, who started sculpting as an antsy 10-year-old with a Hot Wheels collection and a pet peeve.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2024

The fact that many prescriptive rules are worth keeping does not mean that every pet peeve, bit of grammatical folklore, or dimly remembered lesson from Miss Thistlebottom’s classroom is worth keeping.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

His biggest etiquette pet peeves include underdressing and overfamiliarity, especially in virtual settings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025

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

Subsequent twists explain why one of my found-footage pet peeves — a score — has so far underlined the action; I won’t say more, to preserve this film’s many sneaky detours.

From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2023

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

One former official recalls a departing prime minister being peeved there was an "office spruce-up", with walls being freshly painted for their replacement about to arrive.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 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

Recalls a peeved Mr. Blankfein: “It was like the undertaker calling at your sickbed.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

With Laurie still peeved about Jaclyn’s sleepover with Valentin, the hotel worker the actor had been encouraging Laurie to pursue, the women’s dinner turns into a sharing circle of underhanded observations about each other.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2025

I should have been proud and happy to know my parents had so much confidence in me that they would leave Alice in my charge, but the truth was that I was peeved.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

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 Myers, Anna Balmer