retort

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Among the responses threaded below Wilson’s retort, one is an edit of promotional materials for a 2011 television adaptation of Moby-Dick.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026

Le Carré’s written retort begins, “What is too much?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

Mamdani's retort is that he's more like a Scandinavian politician, only browner.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025

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.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

Major Danby started to retort with proud spirit and came to an abrupt stop, his half-opened jaw swinging dosed dumbly.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller