retort

But Honey’s retort is also how the real-life Cooke shot Coen down the first time her future husband asked her out on a date.

Hun Sen, a strongman ex-leader who remains influential in Cambodian politics, retorted on his X account.

One reason I can confidently assert that she's not as dumb as she acts is she's undeniably swift when barfing up bad faith retorts, usually to innocent questions she's just pretending are "attacks."

"Why should it? For doing my job?" she retorts, her heckles immediately raised at any suggestion of a conflict of interest.

But to that reductive objection, Belflower has a polite retort: “OK, but look at the history.”