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[ri-plahy] / rɪˈplaɪ /




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Facebook, which did not reply to AFP requests for comment, eventually took down the page.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The State Department didn’t reply to a separate request for comment on the conditions facing the crews of the Iran-linked vessels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

That was Scotland's ninth consecutive crack without reply.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Xi did not reply in kind but rather stressed their two countries’ overlapping “interests.”

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026

‘I said, what are you doing here? You have ten seconds to reply.’

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Their replies have been edited for brevity and clarity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

“That was unintended,” he replies, only digging himself in deeper when he explains that, like plumbers or electricians, he was there to do a job.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

A female voice replies, “Allegedly, I like light-skinned, I guess.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

"There is no vacancy at the moment," she replies.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

“I was born in this very house,” she replies.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

“I think I can help with that, I really do,” Hilton replied.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

“I don’t know — I mean, I don’t want to judge people like that,” Hilton replied.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

"You've been crying behind the scenes to get out of this fight. I've checkmated you. You have to fight," Fury replied.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Such is his alienation that, when recently asked whether he considered his home to be in the U.S. or the U.K., he replied “neither.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

"I'm afraid I can't do that," replied Mr. Kravitz, with mock sincerity.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

I realized that replying to complicated requests or problems in anger or haste was never smart, so I kept his rule to slow my response time down eight hours for future correspondence.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

We’ve all been in a chat with an Oreo Mom, replying with hearts and exclamation points while the conversation goes sideways and everyone gets more and more enraged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

She has since stopped replying to messages from AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Multiple meetings with us were never kept, and eventually he stopped replying.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

He waited until Dr. Begbie had opened the front passenger side door, and he set me down on the seat before replying.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken




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