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Recent Examples of piddle
In short, its core competency needs to be responding to predictable natural disasters rather than virtue-signaling about climate change that its expensive (but piddling in the global scheme of things) green-energy initiatives are powerless to affect one way or the other.
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The Editors, National Review, 13 Jan. 2025
When Hemingway returned to in-office work after his European sojourn, Hindmarsh
immediately decided that Hemingway needed his ego punctured and gave his new staffer a series of piddling assignments.
—Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 6 Jan. 2025
There’s even a humbling sequence set in the real Carrara, where, against the quarry’s raw splendor, the mighty modern excavators look as piddling as Hot Wheels on the basement stairs.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Even that piddling storage and range rapidly degraded, especially in the southwestern United States and other searing climates, leaving customers howling.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Apr. 2022
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The Editors, National Review, 13 Jan. 2025
When Hemingway returned to in-office work after his European sojourn, Hindmarsh
immediately decided that Hemingway needed his ego punctured and gave his new staffer a series of piddling assignments.
—Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 6 Jan. 2025
There’s even a humbling sequence set in the real Carrara, where, against the quarry’s raw splendor, the mighty modern excavators look as piddling as Hot Wheels on the basement stairs.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Even that piddling storage and range rapidly degraded, especially in the southwestern United States and other searing climates, leaving customers howling.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Apr. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for piddle
Verb
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Whether shoveling your driveway, building a snow man with the kids, or just generally mucking around in the cold, sleet and snow, Muck Boots will keep you comfortable and protected.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Siniaková, the No. 1 doubles player in the world, started to muck things up, and Anisimova’s serve began to stray.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
25 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The models who went all the way were the ones who ceded to Banks’s worldview, who agreed to have their hair dyed and their teeth messed with and their bodies altered.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2026
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As Nikki, a veteran killing machine, Jovovich is one mother not to be messed with.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Then Jason and Thor shower together, each lathering the other’s back and bums up with fewer orgasms than an old Herbal Essences commercial.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2026
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Rittenhouse admits to initially being bummed out to not be the murderer, only to quickly come around to preferring this outcome.—
Derek Lawrence,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Jan. 2026
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Meek lives with her dad, Smooch (Will Cobbs), a former Black Panther who now runs a roller rink, and her not-to-be-trifled-with grandma, Puddin (Lizan Mitchell).—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2026
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The rise may seem trifling, but staffers work long hours, and a caffeine budget is a necessity.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Feb. 2026
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Flight attendants turned into drill sergeants, barking at passengers who flouted mask rules or dawdled too long eating that snack with the mask off.—
Thomas Black,
Twin Cities,
21 Dec. 2025
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My request to ownership is don’t dawdle.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Trump proves experts got fooled again.—
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FOXNews.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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The quick shot that fooled Wallstedt was MacKinnon’s NHL-leading 43rd of the season.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
8 Mar. 2026
Verb
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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.—
Valerie Demicheva and Flora Chang,
San Francisco Chronicle,
26 July 2021
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But this experiment isn't about monkeying around—this a real security and safety hazard, the researchers point out in a new paper.—
Courtney Linder,
Popular Mechanics,
31 Jan. 2020
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Instead of setting up a spot on the sand, beachgoers typically pitch their chairs in the shallow clear blue water and laze the day away.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
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But its proximity to the Arenal Volcano also means plenty of mineral-rich hot springs to laze around in.—
Jessica Sulima,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Piddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piddle. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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