pet peeve
Example Sentences
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He said BuzzBallz have "have no recovery route in the current system" and "is a huge pet peeve for our customers and us".
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
“I have a pet peeve about mental-health narratives in a lot of movies,” says Shear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2026
It’s a pet peeve of hers when someone is multitasking when she’s trying to talk to them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
“It’s a pet peeve with many people,” he told me.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2025
I know that unnecessarily tall things are a pet peeve of Autumn’s, but I don’t understand why she seems so ready to go head-to-head with something this huge.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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