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Except the preamble, which will give people things to quabble about for the next 60 years
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As long as people remained content to quabble about the false-choi ce of "Republicrat or Demoblican," and to wash it down with a dose of bitter Tea, but when someone comes along and actually achieves political change through the applicatio n of common sense, and wants to engage the political system as it was architecte d in the 1780's to be, they become "afraid, very afraid."
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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I'd rather have the peace of mind that the phone is secure than quabble about a few ounces.
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) Dave Caolo 2009
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"And she's not getting paid $400 an hour to quibble and quabble with some-one," Maultsby said.
unknown title 2009
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Until that happens, the best any of you can hope for is to quabble among yourselves about ...
sionnach commented on the word quabble
A contentious, non-trivial issue. More serious than a quibble and likely to lead to a squabble.
April 9, 2008