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something that annoys or bothers a person very much
One of my biggest pet peeves is people driving too slowly on the highway.
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Recent Examples of pet peeve
People, in general, have their personal pet peeves.
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Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2025
My biggest pet peeve is when candidates only list past roles without showing relevance for the future.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Look for signs of DIY work — sloppy paint jobs, misaligned tiles, uneven cabinet installation, missing GFCI outlets, or my pet peeve: poorly done caulking.
—Dana Bull, CNBC, 9 June 2025
One of my pet peeves as a professional mattress tester of over five years?
—Julia Forbes, Wired News, 4 June 2025
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Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2025
My biggest pet peeve is when candidates only list past roles without showing relevance for the future.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Look for signs of DIY work — sloppy paint jobs, misaligned tiles, uneven cabinet installation, missing GFCI outlets, or my pet peeve: poorly done caulking.
—Dana Bull, CNBC, 9 June 2025
One of my pet peeves as a professional mattress tester of over five years?
—Julia Forbes, Wired News, 4 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for pet peeve
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pet peeve
Noun
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Today, Anousheh is the CEO of the XPRIZE Foundation, an organization that has helped solve massive social problems by setting grand challenges for teams to compete and solve.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Folks, the problem is not the sign, the decor or the politics.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The prospect of governments being ousted in Tokyo and Paris fueled further uncertainty, while investors voiced worry over expansive deficit spending in London and Berlin.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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My worry is that inaction is not a strategy.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Pet peeve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pet%20peeve. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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