pet peeve

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Recent Examples of pet peeve One of Easter’s pet peeves is when people lick their fingers or play with their hair at the dinner table. Angela Haupt, Time, 9 Apr. 2025 Design Disproportions One of designer Jodi Peterman's porch pet peeves has to do with the relationship between design aspects. Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2025 Photo: © The Didion Dunne Literary Trust Possibly the funniest document in the archive: a school essay about pet peeves Didion wrote shortly before her 16th birthday, one in which her arch tone is already on full display. Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2025 Thank-Yous Are Important User Halo shared a pet peeve that some may not think about—the thank-you after the wedding. Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pet peeve
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Noun
  • As studies begin to find connections between exposure to plastic and medical problems, doctors and scientists are increasingly concerned.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 13 May 2025
  • Digital platforms have made attempts to resolve this problem, yet frequently mimic the traditional education system's one-directional teaching approach.
    AyoOluwa Nihinlola, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • The letter is a sign of growing ties between religious and AI safety groups, which share some of the same worries.
    Billy Perrigo, Time, 21 May 2025
  • But for Americans on the Gulf or Atlantic coasts, the daily weather forecast always comes with a constant thrum of worry — any small disturbance in the Atlantic has the potential to evolve into a major storm.
    Sabrina B. Valenti, Sun Sentinel, 20 May 2025

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“Pet peeve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pet%20peeve. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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