Using "petty" in a sentence

Motunrayo Coker shed light on the most pressing causes of malnutrition in the community; poverty being the most common cause as the community members were predominantly small-scale fishermen and petty traders.
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Famous Twitter user Gabbar (@GabbbarSingh) wrote, “Such petty f*ckers.
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They end up missing the funeral because a petty Claudia moved the time.
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What’s coming to Hulu in January 2023? January 9 Koala Man — Follows a family father who lives a not-so-secret identity as the titular hero who possesses a burning passion to snuff out petty crime.
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Moreover, they have started this session with a sad waste of time and resources that is reminiscent of the failed petty conduct their caucus has been engaging in for the better part of the last decade.
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  The flick’s plot follows a group of Harlem teens, which includes Epps’ character Q and Tupac’s character Bishop, as they go from being thick as thieves while committing petty crimes to foes.
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This is one of those days where it can be easy to get sucked into petty drama and bickering.
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"The petty crime is not as bad but it still affects us all," said Nicole Denny, owner of J'Adore Boutique, a consignment shop on Northwest Cary Parkway.
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Ant-Man ended Phase 2, and now kicking off Phase 5 in such a huge way, much like Scott Lang himself going from this petty criminal coming out of jail to see his daughter to saving the world in Endgame, I love that the Ant-Man franchise is now at the peak of the MCU and kicking off Phase 5.
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So they won’t waste time engaging in petty talks where the person in question can’t even defend themselves.
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It’s Drake spraying petty potshots, but without the usual bitterness that’s hindered other songs.
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It’s only a handful that acts petty and s—.
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In other words, she paid fines for the misdemeanor charges to the Texas-based Central Violations Bureau, which processes tickets and payments for “petty offenses committed on federal property,” according to its website.
Source: The Arizona Republic

And how can we forget Kelly’s hilariously petty mean girl behavior toward Jessica?6.
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Aisha Dahir-Umar, director general of PenCom, speaking during a sensitisation conference organised for civil society groups last week in Abuja, said the MPP was conceptualised to expand pension coverage to the informal sector, including small-scale businesses, entertainers, professionals, petty traders, artisans, and entrepreneurs.
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Debates can get heated and that’s fine, but name-calling and petty insults will get you banned.
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Which of course only makes Edwards look more petty and stupid than he already did.
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  As the girls’ creativity blossomed, so did their appetite for acts of petty vandalism, culminating in an arson attack on a local tractor store.
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It is always so petty and small mindedness p***** me off, bigotry and small mindedness.
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With more to prove than her own existence, Nina by definition has to treat this decision of filling the Flair & Glory vacuum as more than a game or a petty squabble with nine-figure stakes.
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Quick as a stray thought, he turns to small-time racketeering and petty crime, eventually rising to become the Godfather of Kingston’s Chinatown.
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Hambone’s quest is pathetically simple, while the goals of the others are increasingly important — Sterling and Wolf both hope for a way out of petty crime, while Memphis is engaged in a protracted battle with the City of Pittsburgh to win an adequate and non-insulting price for the property he has owned and managed for 30-some years.
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Archie: We have our differences, but most of them are just petty differences.
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“The reason I dissed him is actually a lot more petty than that,” he said.
Source: American Songwriter

 “Ma’am you are grown,” one commenter types, “This is a beyond petty thing you decided to do at your own daughter’s wedding.
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“The annoying thing was everybody would come to me with petty scams, whether it was ideas or advice,” he said.
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My petty partisan resentment for the man evaporated.
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Honeybee is a heart-breaking, life-affirming novel that throws us headlong into a world of petty thefts, extortion plots, botched bank robberies, daring dog rescues and one spectacular drag show.
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Her acquittal — and the truly wild case that led up to it, from petty theft and “hot bod” contests to “Zanny the Nanny” — has become firmly fixed in pop culture as an egregious example of the justice system failing.
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The TikTok user believes the petty resident was making a point after she had earlier parked in front of her house.
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These developers seemed to be that rare group of creatives who were above those petty mortal concerns.
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It had been 12 years since I’d married my love of NBA basketball to a fixation on stats and petty feuds with my friends, which seemed charmingly zany at age 22 but was getting to be exhausting by 34.
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Debates can get heated and that’s fine, but name-calling and petty insults will get you banned.
Source: Stars and Stripes FC

While I do understand where Take-Two is coming from given these are their IPs, this seems like a petty thing to do, and for something so harmless.
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Constant in-fights, petty bickering, and generational family divides were never the drive of these stories so much as a full embrace of an outlook and aesthetic that “normal” people might consider dour or even frightening.
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“Plato” revolves mostly around the headmaster’s interactions with students — both in groups and one on one — and somewhat less around the day-to-day work of his staff, who can be almost preternaturally patient as they deal with some challenging problems, ranging from petty disagreements to physical fights to feelings of depression.
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Contrary to popular belief, urbexers have a strong ethical code and are keen to break ties with petty vandalism.
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A later sequence when George opens for Tammy and plays a deliberately long set out of spite serves as both a comedic set piece and an illustration of how petty George can be toward the love of his life.
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  I don’t know if I’d go as far as Turan did in how I’d phrase my dislike, but I still thought Cameron’s response was petty and ego-driven.
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Co-created by Diallo Riddle, Bashir Salahuddin, and Sultan Salahuddin, this brilliant comedy is set in Chicago and centers on a pair of small-time hustlers who cook up petty schemes in hopes of climbing the professional ladder.
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Watch OffenWe're not really sure Jodie Foster knows what "Netflix and chill" means01:21Now playing Netflix plans to make you freeloaders finally cough up the doughApril 20, 202200:49Now playing What's on this weekOctober 24, 2022Zaslav’s actual gripe here seems, to us, like some pretty petty small-ball: He’s mad that Netflix does its payments for shows it buys from studios like WBD—in this case, the very expensive Sandman TV series, which just got renewed for a second season, and which Warner Bros.
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I sincerely hope this outburst isn’t a symptom of some much worse problem, but, Rock fan that I am, I’m always hopeful that our world is a comedy and that jokes will outlast tears and petty fights.
Source: The New Yorker

Stegall outlined the situation and his claims in a six-page letter, packed with the kind of petty grievances one might expect to read in the diary of a middle schooler, and resigned his adjunct faculty position.
Source: The Lawrence Times

Justice Robert Jackson of the Supreme Court in a famous 1943 decision, put it this way, "If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official high or petty can prescribe what shall be Orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion or other matters of opinion or forced citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein.
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A retired senior chief petty officer from Navy SEAL Team 6 received a $348,000 salary, plus $54,400 for housing and travel, to work in the UAE as a firing range trainer.
Source: The Washington Post

Disney’s history of appreciation for military service began with the Company’s founders, who both served during World War I: Walt Disney was a driver in the Red Cross Ambulance Corps, and his brother Roy Disney was a petty officer in the U.
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  Becoming one of the most beloved characters in all of Twin Peaks, Truman helped to drive the central investigation forward, whilst still tending to the town’s petty problems.
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[12/08/22 - 09:07 AM]Original Animated Series "Koala Man," Starring Michael Cusack, Hugh Jackman, Sarah Snook, Jemaine Clement, Demi Lardner and More, Will Premiere Monday, January 9th on Hulu"Koala Man" follows middle-aged dad Kevin and his titular not-so-secret identity, whose only superpower is a burning passion for following rules and snuffing out petty crime in the town of Dapto.
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Her absent son is a petty thief and ne’er-do-well.
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During the lockdown in 2020, Singh spent the longest time at his village since becoming a petty officer in the Indian Navy.
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Love tip: Avoid nagging your partner over petty matters.
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They should understand how to accept failures and disappointments in life,” Priya told Free Press, referring to children and youths who kill themselves over petty issues like failure in exam or after scolded by parents, teachers.
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) Further evidence of bizarre CIA-New Yorker doings? Well, that crazy article they published  this past June about how the CIA uploader of Vault 7 to Wikileaks was motivated by petty revenge with his mates drew a wry smile on my face.
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The lawsuit claims Doe 1 then admitted she posted her statements “to be petty towards a peer” and made her video private.
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The mention of a spreadsheet breakdown I’d be gone! Imagine living like that!”‘$2 for ice cream’Meanwhile, many shared similar stories about their loved ones being petty about money.
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The booth also showcased how many different ways to play with the Parks – even if that involves obsessing over petty office drama revealed through amateur cryptography.
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It's that petty intimidation of even a nobody tweeting a nasty slur at you.
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For years, they spoke only to one another and, as teenagers, committed a variety of crimes including vandalism, petty theft and arson resulting in them being institutionalised indefinitely.
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I'm not sure if I was being a petty a****** or if I had a legitimate reason to be upset.
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Here, we follow the story of Basim and uncover his journey from being a petty thief to becoming a part of the master class of assassins.
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Juneja prepares to give his daughter away to petty rival Sanjay (Karan Soni).
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From the outset, you're told the petty differences between the Horde and Alliance are to be put aside and that violence between the groups will not be tolerated.
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I'm not sure if I was being a petty a****** or if I had a legitimate reason to be upset.
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Uh-oh… things took a dark turn this week on The White Lotus as lies and petty jealousies started to pile up, and we’re officially worried about who’s going to survive next week’s finale.
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There were other ways to communicate with the world – through poems and stories, or when they were older, drugs, sex and acts of petty crime.
Source: The Independent

Rodrigo knows she has the ear of young fans and seems to take that responsibility seriously, speaking candidly about current affairs as well as mental health and dealing with typical teenage stuff  — petty drama, jealousy, heartbreak, pressures of growing up and comparing yourself to others.
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