peccadillo
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"Scotland has one peccadillo and that is Cardinal O'Brien," he says.
From BBC • May 7, 2025
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
This is not a whimsical peccadillo to be written off against the backdrop of an otherwise progressive outlook.
From Slate • Nov. 8, 2018
He struck but one string; I was foolish to let a little peccadillo of bachelorhood stand in the way; all men were the same; the position I took was absurd.
From The Lure of the Mask by Fisher, Harrison
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