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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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Recent Examples of pet peeve
While forced fun/table games is my pet peeve, something about Christmas makes this time of year an exception.
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Felicity Carter, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
The lack of consistent officiating has long been a pet peeve within the garage, to the point that drivers are often befuddled as to what constitutes a penalty and what doesn’t.
—Jeff Gluck, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024
The most exciting change to macOS with the Sequoia update has to be the new window-management feature, addressing my biggest Mac pet peeve for years.
—PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
My wife, for instance, would probably tell you her pet peeve is the fact that her husband has been ignoring her to write obsessively about Survivor for the past 24 years.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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Felicity Carter, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
The lack of consistent officiating has long been a pet peeve within the garage, to the point that drivers are often befuddled as to what constitutes a penalty and what doesn’t.
—Jeff Gluck, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024
The most exciting change to macOS with the Sequoia update has to be the new window-management feature, addressing my biggest Mac pet peeve for years.
—PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
My wife, for instance, would probably tell you her pet peeve is the fact that her husband has been ignoring her to write obsessively about Survivor for the past 24 years.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Pet peeve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pet%20peeve. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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