nitpick
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He did it again with another atheist by trying to nitpick what the word "believe" means when asked if one "believes" in God.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2025
"You can nitpick and things like that. For me, if you asked me three years ago whether I'd be on this team... it's just a real honour."
From BBC • Aug. 8, 2024
“Just see what he’s thinking about and nitpick his brain a little bit, and then the same with him, he’ll call me and see what I think about certain things.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2023
If you want to nitpick, you might hope the Washington defense could get more consistent pressure on the quarterback, but the Husky defense looked faster, bigger and stronger than the Spartans offense.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2023
“Can we just move this along? We don’t have time to nitpick each other.”
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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