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[ri-plahy] / rɪˈplaɪ /




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“Ope! Was hoping to make a Costco run,” some dad would inevitably reply.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

Share your thoughts in the comments or, if you’re reading this as an email, just hit reply.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

When asked whether she would ever consider switching brands, her reply is a reminder of an old Hindi ad jingle, "If it's salt, it has to be Tata."

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

OpenAI didn’t reply to MarketWatch’s request for comment on the numbers cited in the Financial Times report.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

I don’t even hear Miss Forshaw’s reply over Sal and Karly bursting out laughing.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

“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

DelVecchio celebrated in the replies of the post, writing, “She said yesssssss!!!!!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

He often replies that after years of tracking his time in six-minute increments, he is glad to no longer quantify how he spends it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

“No, that concert blew me away,” Harrison replies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

“There you have a point,” Father replies sadly to his sisters.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

I asked Rauh by email if he thought the campaign’s treatment of his estimates was proper; he replied that “it’s completely appropriate for public discourse and conclusions to cite the central scenario.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

I replied that I was—but I was really watching her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Asked by reporters Tuesday where she had passed the bar exam, Zacharia replied: "When I moved to China," without identifying any jurisdiction where she was licensed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

When she told him not to say such things, he replied that they were true.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

“Thank you,” Chitto replied, but her back was already turned.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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

She has since stopped replying to messages from AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

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

She backed this notion up when asked about her future plans, external by Entertainment Tonight at the NYC premiere of The Odyssey, replying, "Oh, girl, nothing. Just mind my business!"

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

Ernie retied the strap of his face mask before replying.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds


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