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
“You know who I am, but who are you?” this coaxing stranger offers, which is like a playground retort twisted to sound pseudo-philosophical.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025
Mamdani's retort is that he's more like a Scandinavian politician, only browner.
From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025
“Words mean things” is a common retort thrown around online in response to pseudo-intellectual posts and egregiously inaccurate conflations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
Mam’s cry: “You spoiled him rotten, and now he’ll never be a man”—and Gram’s retort: “You keep pecking at him and soon he won’t come home at all.”
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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