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Still, when measured against Mr. M’s sins, Tracy’s peccadilloes look pretty trivial. New York Times, "What America Gets Wrong About Tracy Flick," 27 Sep. 2017

But all of them also come with varying peccadilloes. Nate Davis, USA TODAY, "Opinion: Four reasons New England Patriots dynasty has died with Tom Brady's departure and won't be resurrected soon," 18 Mar. 2020

Freeze resigned at Ole Miss the following summer after he was caught in the crosshairs of a scandal that included multiple NCAA rules violations and his own personal peccadilloes. Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, "Once a top recruit, former Michigan football QB Shea Patterson just hopes to be drafted," 27 Feb. 2020

The peccadilloes of royalty never go out of fashion, but Catherine -- with her tumultuous decades-long reign -- brings more intrigue to the party than most. Brian Lowry, CNN, "'Catherine the Great' crowns Helen Mirren (again) for regal miniseries," 21 Oct. 2019

Its corporate peccadilloes, which largely revolve around corporate governance, appear to have been ignored by executives at the Japanese company: WeWork was a unicorn and SoftBank just had to be part of it. Tim Culpan / Bloomberg, Time, "Why WeWork's Biggest Investor Suddenly Turned Against the CEO," 23 Sep. 2019

But even the president, who has frequently praised the agency's work under Pruitt, came to the conclusion that the former Oklahoma attorney general's professional achievements were not worth the steady media drip of Pruitt's personal peccadilloes. Ledyard King, USA TODAY, "Trump EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns as ethical scandals mount," 5 July 2018

Their personal peccadilloes combined with their fawning attitude only enable them to come across as want to be ‘hep cats.’ That went away with Dobie Gillis. Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, "How hard will McCarthy go against Mueller?," 23 Apr. 2018

In exchange for these peccadilloes, listeners received two doses of pure excitement, two scenes in which zeal never flagged, the dramatic arch remained clear, and the orchestra displayed the full, glorious extent of its skill at high speed. Zachary Lewis, cleveland.com, "Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom surprises with Beethoven and delights with French delicacies (review)," 16 July 2017

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