peccadillo
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"Scotland has one peccadillo and that is Cardinal O'Brien," he says.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
Yet he is likely soon to be sworn in, admitting only to the peccadillo of “résumé embellishment” when really what he seems to have done is “made up almost everything about his biography.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2023
A love of disinformation is the peccadillo that springs from bigotry, not the other way around.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2022
But at L.S.U., about the only unpardonable peccadillo is failing to win.
From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2021
But had he not atoned for this peccadillo fifty-fold by the results of his absence?
From Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls by Various
More broadly the play is a tart vivisection of human pettiness and venality, as one by one the characters’ prejudices, peccadilloes and blinkered views are exposed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
He obviously wants the world to remember and think of him as strong and resolute, and basically a good guy despite his personal peccadilloes.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2024
“Those are personal peccadilloes that you may have,” Scorsese incorrectly guesses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
“Every reporter wanted their own kind of scandal. And one of the consequences was a tendency to elevate peccadilloes to the status of scandals.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2022
So when he appraised Sister Loretta Marie it was with eyes that had spent a lifetime studying the habits and peccadilloes of nuns.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Others at Mr. Julian’s table gave similarly tolerant responses to my question about Mr. Paxton’s peccadillos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
He said he took particular issue with the use of the word "peccadillos".
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2022
But in hindsight, his personal failings and peccadillos pale in comparison with the tectonic impact he has had on American society.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2021
The great benefit and joy of at last living in one’s own apartment is having a sanctuary all your own—free from concern for roommates, their peccadillos, and whose turn it is to wash the dishes.
From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2021
It doesn't, or anyhow it shouldn't, attempt to deal with trifling peccadillos; it generally couldn't.
From By Advice of Counsel by Arthur Cheney Train
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