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If they were considered unimportant to the team’s chances of success, Zidane and Ancelotti did not worry too much if their feelings got hurt.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025 -
Mike Vrabel says his history there is unimportant.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
16 Oct. 2025
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At a time when the Mavericks need as much good will, or PR, as possible, filing a lawsuit against the Dallas Stars is petty, small and mean.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Nov. 2025
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Her motives apparently range from a desire to save the country to unabashed, petty vindictiveness; the two often overlap.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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Advertisement Trump has long complained that the existing 200-person East Room was too puny for U.S. majesty and the long-standing protocol of hosting state dinners on the South Lawn—under the cover of swanky tenting—was embarrassing.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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The traditional interpretation of Pegasus is a horse flying upside down with puny little wings.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
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This, of course, is trivial compared to the risk the Colorado River Basin’s shrinking snowpack poses to nearly every Southwest settlement, livelihood and life form that relies on its steady trickle downstream.—
Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Misreading facial expressions isn’t trivial.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
4 Nov. 2025
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But only a fool would harp on picayune flaws when this rich material is being served with such musical polish and sensitivity.—
Charles Isherwood,
WSJ,
18 Aug. 2022
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Challenging ballot designations has become something of a sport in California politics — squabbles over the occasionally picayune rules return each cycle like the swallows to Capistrano.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2022
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In addition to the music, train rides will be offered around the park for a nominal fee courtesy of the Poway-Midland Railroad.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Kim Yong Nam was not related to Kim Jong Un, but his loyalty to the ruling family enabled him to serve as president of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly—the country's nominal head of state—from 1998 until April 2019.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Then, the pandemic reduced the schedule to 60 games and Eddie got a piddling 37%.—
Star Tribune,
Star Tribune,
3 Dec. 2020
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Millions of additional claims are expected to stream in from around the country over the coming weeks, while hiring remains piddling.—
Patricia Cohen,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2020
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Donald Green, a political scientist at Columbia University whose research has found that online political advertising has negligible effects on voters, said the firm’s claims were overblown.—
David Smiley,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Offering negligible protection compared to Earth’s magnetosphere, these worlds themselves do little to shield any surface dwellers from the particles and radiation emitted by the Sun.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Picayunish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picayunish. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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