barb
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One of Askell’s most striking traits is her protectiveness over Claude, which she believes is learning that users often want to trick it into making mistakes, insult it and barb it with skepticism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
Reba’s dig at Stracke’s son was the sort of casual, unthinking barb that plenty of Southern mothers have perfected, tossed into a group conversation as nonchalantly as a request for sweet tea.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025
This sounds rather like a barb at the biggest flashpoint of the leadership contest.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2024
On the other side of the Atlantic, near Gambia, a worker from Senegal on a Chinese trawler called the Victory 205 said he had been pricked by a catfish barb while wearing flip-flops.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2023
Travis stood there and let the barb sink in, feeling deflated.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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