as in nitpicker
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Maybe that’s why, compared with some other kinds of nitpickers, pop critics can seem especially extraneous.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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For nearly three years now, I’ve been fascinated by the performance art of this blustering pettifogger.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2023
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“Quibbler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quibbler. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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