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Recent Examples of piddle
In all of 2020 and 2021, the bonds paid 0.2% a year on average, giving Harry a piddling $6,000 annually.
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Shawn Tully, Fortune, 7 May 2024
The piddling contributions were a protest of a campus culture that, in the eyes of critics, had restricted political speech while giving free rein to anti-Semitism.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2024
The Irish ranked 110th in sacks per game coming into Saturday, a piddling average of 1.57 sacks per game.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2023
But this is not such a piddling gift, according to a new paper, which proposes that these electrons react with the moon’s surface to create water.
—Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
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Shawn Tully, Fortune, 7 May 2024
The piddling contributions were a protest of a campus culture that, in the eyes of critics, had restricted political speech while giving free rein to anti-Semitism.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2024
The Irish ranked 110th in sacks per game coming into Saturday, a piddling average of 1.57 sacks per game.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2023
But this is not such a piddling gift, according to a new paper, which proposes that these electrons react with the moon’s surface to create water.
—Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for piddle
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Despite missing both of their top scorers — Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner — due to oblique injuries, the Magic mucked the game up early and often.Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 15 Dec. 2024
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Mannie then interjected that social media has a habit of mucking things up.Angel Diaz, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2024
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Some big studios completely changed their films very close to the finish line, which sometimes can mess things up.Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
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The most successful, or at least fascinating, of these movies tends to mess in one way or another with his seemingly carefree relationship to notions of authenticity or identity.Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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When someone in the music industry told him that Deconstruction had already broken up, the news deeply bummed him out.Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
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Feeling bummed about the losing Dallas Cowboys season?Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 22 Nov. 2024
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This should tell you everything about how trifling these lists are.Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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The scorers of eight goals, while giving up a trifling one.Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 24 June 2024
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Instead, Spurs dawdled during negotiations and, in the end, Slot stayed with the Dutch club for another season before joining Liverpool.Oli Gamp, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
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Once again, the Packers — who still had two timeouts — diddled and dawdled and didn’t run another play until there were just 16 seconds left in the half.Rob Reischel, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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Don’t be fooled by its small appearance, though — this beauty can hold up to a week’s worth of clothes.Jasmine Grant, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2024
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The passenger initially gave deputies a fake name and a 2012 birth date, but they were not fooled by this alibi as the woman appeared older, according to the Sheriff’s Office.Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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The Bears will be prepared for the environment, but getting that Morgantown monkey off their back will take a lot more than imagined.Michael Haag, Dallas News, 10 Oct. 2022
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With supply running low toward the end of most evenings, savvy bun fanatics don’t monkey around, routinely calling ahead to request an extra skillet of rolls set aside just for them. Ettan.Valerie Demicheva and Flora Chang, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 July 2021
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Tule elk wander Point Reyes and elephant seals laze on its beaches.Tasha Zemke, Outside Online, 30 Dec. 2024
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Getty The best things to do in Lake Annecy There are more than enough opportunities to laze about with coffee and pain au chocolat, meander through Old Town Annecy’s labyrinth streets (especially during its spectacular Christmas Market season), or unwind at several spas.Michael Venutolo-Mantovani, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Piddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piddle. Accessed 13 Jan. 2025.
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