retort
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When the travel blogger told people about her sleepcation, she mostly heard the same retort: “It’s a sad world we live in where people travel just to sleep,” she recalled.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
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
Even one of the show’s supporting actors, François Arnaud, chimed in with a retort to the tune of 30,000-plus likes and counting.
From Salon • Jan. 2, 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
Harry bit back his retort, scared that he had gone too far, that he had ruined his chance of accompanying Dumbledore, but Dumbledore went on, “Do you wish to come with me tonight?”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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