pettiness
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Without cameras or timely released transcripts or audio, moments of pettiness, score settling, or open contempt for colleagues or parties by the justices can, and have, gone almost entirely unnoticed.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
This is a novel about pettiness, middle-class superficiality, disloyalty, prejudice and cruelty, with this coterie of rather vile friends acting as a microcosm for a society in decline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
One former deputy called the action an act of pettiness and bigotry, emphasizing the symbolic weight of removing a leader’s chosen name from an official federal display.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2025
Brooks was arrested and told officers: "It was really just pettiness on the part of people - I know I shouldn't have done that, I shouldn't have done Photoshop."
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2025
I admit: I had always thought I was above this kind of typical teenage pettiness, but I felt a lump in my throat throughout lunch.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
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