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It helps fund managers justify their salaries and makes ordinary people feel better because of a foible known as the illusion of control.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026

Jones happily recites the joke using the other word, and the two men laugh, having been caught in a foible of their profession.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2021

This was practically why “Seinfeld” was created; it seems there’s a “Simpsons” reference for just about every human foible.

From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2021

This is not merely an eccentric interpretation of the facts or an interesting foible, nor is it an irrelevant example of anguished post-presidency chatter.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2021

It was only her pretty little foible, after all—her delightfully droll longing to be ranked among the lofty aristocrats.

From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Edgar Fawcett

“She certainly writes about people’s limitations and foibles, but always with this generosity and this empathy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

“It is infectious to play a character who sees the best in people and isn’t mad at the world for all its foibles and bullies and shadows,” Sudeikis recently told the Hollywood Reporter.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

The foibles of the Mets are so many and so weird that Mets fans themselves have embraced a term for them: LOLMets.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

A surgical approach to the flaws and foibles of American society.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

“I think these personal foibles of mine were tolerated among many as long as things were going well,” he said.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis