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[peev] / piv /




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“It is my biggest pet peeve that restaurants in the U.S. act like Diet Coke is the only option,” Ike Uche, a college administrator in New York, wrote in an email.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

My current pet peeve is everyone on social media posting linear ratings and comparing them to the season before.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

“It’s a pet peeve with many people,” he told me.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2025

Gavaskar's big peeve is about the boundary distance being reduced from the conventional 75 yards to 65 or even lesser.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2024

Okay, tiny pet peeve: when the girls call me kid.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera




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