peccadillo

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Recent Examples of peccadillo What if the new boss’ weird peccadilloes — Patoff abolishes work-from-home, abruptly fires a staffer whose smell displeases him and thinks nothing of making 3 a.m. phone calls and demands — escalate? Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2023 The creep then uses these peccadilloes to blackmail ostensibly good folks into all sorts of weird behavior — like convincing a guilty-conscience police officer to undermine the investigation, and when the cops get close, even to commit murder on his behalf. Peter Debruge, Variety, 23 Feb. 2023 He’s simply been willing to overlook a peccadillo or two if the guy’s good enough. Dallas News, 20 Feb. 2023 Sadly, performance and build quality didn’t live up to the promise, and fewer than 9,000 units were made by the time the entire operation was shuttered following John DeLorean’s white-powder peccadillo. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2022 See All Example Sentences for peccadillo
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Noun
  • With countless crimes to choose from, the series joins its sister show, American Murder.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
  • From cold cases cracked decades later to trials still underway, here are 18 fatal crimes that occurred at colleges and universities.
    Corin Cesaric, People.com, 18 May 2025
Noun
  • Garcia, who denies gang membership, had an immigration court order protecting him from deportation, which the administration acknowledged was an administrative error.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • But turning on error correction restored some of the performance.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • The business-as-usual approach dovetails with a year of acts from Brand New to Ryan Adams looking to put a wide range of allegations of misconduct in the rearview mirror by giving diehards a show of talent to talk about instead and little else.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 13 May 2025
  • Substantial misconduct, Murphy said in the filing, can also warrant the disqualification of a prosecutor.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • She has not been accused of any wrongdoing by the feds.
    Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 May 2025
  • James has denied wrongdoing and dismissed the calls for a federal investigation as politically motivated.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • Harrison’s sin is not trading Doncic, but demanding so little in return from the Lakers.
    Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 May 2025
  • If Sam is wrong, his journalistic sin is unpardonable.
    Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 13 May 2025

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“Peccadillo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peccadillo. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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