quibble

My only quibble with the concert was that, for all the humanity the size of the room allowed for, a stadium is probably not the best place to see Mars do his thing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The lawsuit turns on what laypeople might consider a minor quibble: who is responsible for the equipment connecting the city Department of Water and Power’s electrical grid to the people mover.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

It looked like a semantic quibble but in these circles, it was a serious accusation, one that drew rebuke even from Elmore’s husband, Ronny Fernandez, a rationalist and self-described “unlicensed philosopher.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

People may want to quibble with me about this, but I believe marinated beans occupy a category adjacent to, yet ontologically distinct from, bean salad.

From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2026

It was less diplomatic congratulations than he’d received from Reynie and Kate—who had cheered and clapped him on the back—but Sticky was too relieved to quibble.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

Forget the quibbles about not being pleasing on the eye or too many set-pieces.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

While some of the quibbles with ServiceNow’s latest earnings are more company-specific, including margin impacts related to recent deal closures, other aspects may have wider implications for the sector.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 23, 2026

Such quibbles miss the larger point: Bollywood is examining Islamic terrorism with a seriousness that’s long overdue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025

And the group commutations, whatever one thinks of them as criminal justice policy, suffered from defects stemming from hasty execution that open the door to legal quibbles and political exploitation.

From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2025

This attitude was reinforced over the next few years, when a succession of critics, clearly Newton’s intellectual inferiors, raised a host of quibbles about his work, which showed their own ignorance more than anything else.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

I wondered if McGregor would have quibbled with his Obi-Wan’s patchy blond beard, but when I went back and double-checked the film, it is that scraggly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Thierry Henry is probably the one quibbled over the most, Arsene Wenger turning him from misfiring winger to one of the generation's greatest forwards.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Warsh quibbled with the framing and retreated to a milder version of his earlier argument, describing the current moment as “the most disruptive moment in modern economic history.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

Necheles further quibbled that Daniels said in her In Touch interview that Trump was “nice, intelligent in conversation,” which the lawyer argued contradicted Daniels’ testimony about her encounter with Trump.

From Slate ● May 10, 2024

Danny and Joe chattered, quibbled, and stuffed their mouths, oblivious to the tension in the air.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Semantics are more important than they may seem; it’s not just about quibbling over language.

From Salon ● May 8, 2026

But quibbling over individual op-eds let him sidestep some uncomfortable introspection.

From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2026

It was a mistake to think that you could give the beach cottage to these quibbling brothers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025

But she dismissed arguments that regular sugar is less processed as "completely quibbling", noting that both products require stripping out fibre and other nutritional benefits.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025

For every bit of awe we felt in Kenya, we were also tired, which led to quibbling, which led finally, for whatever reason, to rage.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama