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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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With no party likely to win a majority, Netanyahu’s Likud and its far-right, ultra-Orthodox allies face centrist and left-wing challengers competing to assemble a governing coalition.

— Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Newton, Valdosta and Heard County defended their high rankings with victories over Top 10 challengers last week.

— Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 18 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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