quip

My 15-year-old son’s borrowed quip stirred up memories of my father.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

However, when Minton Beddoes noted his almost 250 million followers on X at one point during the interview, Musk was quick to quip: "Popular guy".

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

The gag happens again, leading a blue fish to famously quip, “How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man?”

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026

The movie works backward from a famous 1961 Eisenhower quip to JFK that attributed his success in Normandy, France, to the Allies having “better meteorologists than the Germans.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

“This is Richard Churchill,” Susan would say and he would shake hands and quip, “No relation of Sir Winston’s, I’m afraid, or I might have turned out a little cleverer.”

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Nevertheless, one of the Time journalists gamely quips in response: “I would have if I had the opportunity.”

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

And then they spent more than 90 minutes, including a dress rehearsal, exchanging quips and creating characters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

The British adventurer makes her acrobatic moves against a background of realistic graphics, complete with her trademark sarcastic quips.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

The paper says Knox, who was convicted and later acquitted of murdering British student Meredith Kercher in Italy in 2007, made "quips" about crime scenes during her performance.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

“You ain’t got to buy it,” Shorty quips.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

“I joke around with him, like, ‘Well, you didn’t take care of me in the marriage, but you’re taking care of me in the divorce,’” she quipped.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

As the lights flickered back on, baptism in blackout over, one attendee quipped that the show was now, officially, "very authentic".

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

After an Anthropic employee put the chances of AI doing that at more than 10%, economist Owen Lamont quipped that it was “like Robert Oppenheimer doing an IPO for the Manhattan Project in 1945.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

“Jamie Lee Curtis isn’t the only scream queen around here,” Hargitay quipped.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

In Canada, the prime minister quipped, “Where is Biafra?”

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., did Schmitt the favor of pointing out his error, quipping “Perhaps you should have looked at it more carefully.”

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

The Metro tops with Burnham's plans to "close subscription traps", quipping that he wants "a cancel culture".

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

The game proceeds with a largely lighthearted tone, with players quipping about each other’s strategy and businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

He said it was "very early for that question" and offered no further comment, prompting Letts, 60, to raise a laugh by quipping: "I'm the next James Bond."

From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026

It was the meeting-place of the little "quoting, quipping, quaffing" club of fellow-workers in Bohemia; and Lemon, it was explained, had dabbled both in verse and the lighter drama, efforts which were "not half bad."

From The History of "Punch" by M. H. (Marion Harry) Spielmann