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quibblers

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plural of quibbler

as in nitpickers

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Alas, nitpickers can point to some moves in which Atlanta went backward.

— John Hollinger, New York Times, 1 May 2026
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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Will White, at large, is set to face five challengers in his first election after being appointed to the council in May 2025.

— Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
Recent political trends show that prosecutor elections are becoming more competitive, with more incumbents facing challengers.

— Ronald Wright, The Conversation, 27 Oct. 2026

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There’s something so unsettling about a game show where the contestants’ well-being is not considered, and The Tonight Show leaned into that uncanniness to great effect.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
Instead of contestants going solo over a balance beam between platforms, three players had to work together to get a ball balanced on a disc over the beam.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2026

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