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Ortega pleaded no contest to three misdemeanor counts of petty theft in 2023.

When Rickey and Glenn learn to let go of petty squabbles and stop using their physical distance as an excuse to refute their connection, “Sacramento” hits a lovely final note.

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For Trump, the supposedly political is always personal, and it’s more than reasonable to connect his well-known loathing for the European Union to a narrative of petty private grievance.

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Still, even this glossy set of petty tyrants can recognize a creep and a phony in their ranks, sussing which one of their ilk is showing off their veneers for a half-second too long.

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They further say that rules violations the D.A. has referenced are petty and were made over the course of decades in prison.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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