quibble
Example Sentences
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Investors could quibble with various trends in ServiceNow’s report.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026
As dispassionate buyers who paid cash and didn’t quibble over ugly paint or dingy carpet, they beat out regular buyers without having to outbid them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026
While ministers may quibble with a lack of communication, no issue is taken with the use of Scottish airbases or airports - that, I'm told, is standard operating procedure.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026
But this is a minor quibble for a film that, like the “Nebraska” album itself, rightly dares to elevate the making of a solo acoustic record into high art.
From Salon • Oct. 24, 2025
“Philosophers and Politicians may nibble and quibble, but they will never get rid of it. Their only resource is to controul it.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing quibble
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