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something that annoys or bothers a person very much
One of my biggest pet peeves is people driving too slowly on the highway.
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What Johnson describes is actually a one-two punch that combines two of the biggest bartender pet peeves: the aforementioned closing out and the problem of taking up room at the bar while purchasing very little.
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Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025
Don't comment on nursing My blood also boils over this pet peeve of Kelce’s.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 9 Jan. 2025
My biggest pet peeve about the crowding [at] the edge is when the whole family, including children, line up along the carousel.
—Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 29 Jan. 2025
Such efforts have been a pet peeve for many CEOs like Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg who blamed Sheryl Sandberg, former COO, for pressuring Meta to implement DEI programs.
—Allyson Kapin, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
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Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025
Don't comment on nursing My blood also boils over this pet peeve of Kelce’s.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 9 Jan. 2025
My biggest pet peeve about the crowding [at] the edge is when the whole family, including children, line up along the carousel.
—Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 29 Jan. 2025
Such efforts have been a pet peeve for many CEOs like Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg who blamed Sheryl Sandberg, former COO, for pressuring Meta to implement DEI programs.
—Allyson Kapin, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Pet peeve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pet%20peeve. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.
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