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riposte

noun as in comeback

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As critic Gary Scharnhorst writes in an afterword to a recent edition of this classic: “The riposte to ‘it can’t happen here’ is ‘it already has.”

From Salon

At a grassroots level, inspired by the reclamation of queer by the gay rights movement, B***h Magazine launched in 1996 in Portland, Oregon, as a feminist riposte to demeaning stereotypes.

From Salon

So much has been said about the Old Firm's inability to break through their young players, but Clement has some decent ripostes to that criticism now.

From BBC

One of the most hilarious ripostes to Nazism is still Mel Brooks’ “The Producers.”

Night Temple is one small riposte to all that, from local artists no longer miserably waiting for the tides to turn.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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