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[ri-plahy] / rɪˈplaɪ /




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The Kennedy Center did not immediately reply to AFP's request for comment on the board's proceedings.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

But some women said they supported the change - or admitted they had grown frustrated with initiating conversations only to receive no reply.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

I asked the CDC for her view on the executive order, but received no reply.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

If you have personal experience with this, regardless of age, share it with me at [email protected] or hit reply if you’re reading this in your inbox.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

I stared at my reply for a second before hitting send.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Repelled, Nancy replies that she will be happily spending her summer slinging pizzas in Provincetown.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

“You work with someone as talented as David and Quentin, they make the work easy,” he replies.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

Now her Reddit comment history is full of replies to posts about infant loss and avoidant partners, offering advice, support, and stories of her own experience.

From Slate Jul. 19, 2026

Yuka has its own food scientists but replies essentially on academic publications and publicly-available data.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

“As long as there is honey for the baklava, there will be sweetness in our lives,” Mamá replies.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

She replied that they had been introduced by John Brockman a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Walker replied that staff should consider him a standard guest.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

"She came in looking like Pamela Anderson," the often provocative podcast's host Nikki Osborne replied, referring to the US actor and "Baywatch" star.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

The then-Home Secretary Sajid Javid replied by promising to work towards a fairer distribution.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

“So that you can come back to Germany and bomb us some more, I suppose,” Mutti replied.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

Reach the team by replying to any newsletter you receive or by emailing Kim at [email protected].

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

You can reach us by replying to any newsletter, or email Walden at [email protected].

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

She remembers being repeatedly asked what colour socks the child had been wearing, and replying that they were cream.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Inter Miami FC co-owner Sir Becks came to Posh's defence, though, replying that "she was celebrating inside, I promise. Her reactions were slightly slower than mine".

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

I calculated the consequences of replying “Four Hundred Pound,” and finding them against me, went as near the answer as I could—which was somewhere about eightpence off.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens




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