peccadillo

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Recent Examples of peccadillo But as the capital merry-go-round spun its peccadilloes, scandals and ballyhooed promises, his jaunty baritone restored order with bipartisan japes and irreverent songs to deflate the preening ego and the Big Idea. Presidents from Eisenhower to Trump caught the flak. Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023 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 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
  • But within those few episodes is a devastating story about a young boy who commits a horrendous crime that unfolds in excruciating detail, with each episode consisting of a single long shot.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Studies have also shown that the extra hour of daylight has resulted in safer roads, lower crime rates and economic benefits.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • An aircraft flying without GPS can accumulate miles of error in just hours.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
  • FanDuel acknowledged the error in the way the game score was displayed and pinned it on a third-party provider.
    Contessa Brewer,Alex Sherman, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Paxton’s history of misconduct is years in the making.
    Kimberly Ross, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Paragon was linked to alleged misconduct in Europe after WhatsApp reported that Italian journalists and civil society members had been targeted with its technology.
    Vas Panagiotopoulos, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Flock denied wrongdoing, insisting the search was about a missing person.
    Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Meta did not admit wrongdoing as part of the settlement.
    Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Sagrada Família was founded as an expiatory church, meaning that it would be financed by prayerful donations from people atoning for their sins.
    D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Lee and her brother William would preach far and wide to attract people to their cause (a necessity, given the lifetime celibacy requirement) and their pursuit of a utopian society free of any and all sin.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Peccadillo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peccadillo. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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