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But other than that triffling detail, it was a super great bill.

Waldo Jaquith - Bob McDonnell’s statement on Kaine’s transportation plan, translated into plain English. 2008

While online ad sales grew 19%, its piece of the pie is still triffling.

Why "Obama's Mac" to "Hillary's PC" Is Just the Beginning of a Paradigm Shift In Business & Media - MediaBizBuzz for March 31, 2008 2008

There is too much at stake in this election to let triffling, petty intramural arguments about McCain lead to the election of Obama-Biden.

In which I say who won last night's debate and almost abandon my cruel neutrality pose. Ann Althouse 2008

The argument that it's unconstitutional is triffling in all events, but certainly in the context of a facial challenge, the idea that the Salerno standard is satisfied is laughable.

"This Supreme Court is quite clearly the enemy of progressivism.... What is to be done?" Ann Althouse 2008

Arguments about what the Bush administration may or may not do are fairly triffling next to what a movement wants to do, given that the latter will cease to exist in about 440 days and the latter will be with us - under one guise or another - for quite some time.

"Michael Mukasey... is absolutely correct... that the issue of 'waterboarding' cannot be decided in the abstract." Ann Althouse 2007

IMO, they are triffling issues - a fortiori in the context of the time, unless one rejects the belief that politics is the art of the possible.

"An ambiguously worded political compromise written hundreds and hundreds of years ago." Ann Althouse 2007

In a triffling dispute about a horse, high words arose between us, and he aymed a blow at me or its equivulent — which my Grandfathers my honored mothers child could not brook.

The Virginians 2006

And speaking of ponies, Cindy, you carpetbagging job searching triffling hizzie call AP and concede.

Cindy to Run for CD7 2006

We all know that those are required to combat terrorism, and triffling privileges like those are a small cost for combating terrorism.

Six Points About NYC’s Banning Trans-Fats In Restaurants 2006

The above dockyments, along with my own triffling billy, of which I have also givn a copy, greated Mr. and Mrs. Deuceace on their arrivle from Fontingblo.

The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush 2006