peanut gallery
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In fight week, he bristled at the mention of criticism, describing detractors as a "peanut gallery that doesn't exist" and insisting the question of whether he belongs no longer concerns him.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
And, barring a stunning comeback, McIlroy will have the best possible response to the peanut gallery: for the second time in his career, he’ll have won the Ryder Cup on American turf.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2025
Because Musk made Twitter private, the peanut gallery no longer gets a window into Twitter’s financial performance.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2023
Failing to move a season's action quickly enough brings vociferous complaints from the peanut gallery.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2021
A nonrestrictive relative clause is set offby commas, dashes, or parentheses, and expresses a comment from the peanut gallery, as in The pair of shoes, which cost five thousand dollars, was hideous.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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