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

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

The band, expanded to include touring keyboardist Loren Gold, seemed exhilarated, if a little stiff at times, a first-night quibble that will surely self-correct.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

We can quibble over the amount they should pay, but the bill’s numbers are in the right ballpark.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

They were working for the Man in an unequal, sometimes unjust society—I doubt that many would quibble with that description.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

The movie earned a huge response at its Telluride premiere, though there were some quibbles about the surprising, surreal turns the story takes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

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

This goes to all the quibbles that we surfaced about the shadow docket when Vasquez Perdomo came out.

From Slate ● Dec. 30, 2025

For the first time, Lawrence heard a physicist with a solid grasp of subatomic behavior express support for his idea rather than smothering it in quibbles.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Close hasn’t quibbled with her team’s seeding despite its impressive 31-1 regular-season record against a loaded schedule.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026

He quibbled that the control group in Moderna’s late-stage trial didn’t receive the “best-available standard of care.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 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

I don't think anyone would have quibbled at all.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2023

They always quibbled, but actually they were very close—closer than most brothers and sisters.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

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

Yet quibbling would seem as tweedy as arguing that the film is peddling both nostalgia and anemoia — a longing for an era one never knew firsthand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2025

I recognize that this is confusing, and all of the above may seem like minor linguistic quibbling to those less aware of the history.

From Slate ● Apr. 30, 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