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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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Instead of predictive policing that reinforces existing biases, envision AI that helps communities understand and address root causes of social problems.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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But even the right approach to the right problem risks failure if not properly executed.—
Joel Thayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The worry is that these aren’t simple, one-off glitches, but systemic flaws with the way that generative tools are designed and built, and a lack of accountability for the behavior of AI algorithms.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Taxes at that level were essentially a blockade on commerce between the world's two largest economies, causing worries about global growth that led to negotiations that ratcheted down the tariffs being levied by both nations.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Pet peeve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pet%20peeve. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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