riposte

A lot of dyed-in-the-wool activists were turned off by the flippancy of AOC’s riposte, and even with my own recent grappling over the problematic emotional landscape of the movement, I can understand why.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

Responding to the letter, Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis called it a "powerful riposte to the hateful extremists who have targeted the Jewish community".

From BBC ● May 9, 2026

In a quiet riposte to this, the king in his speech to Congress will riff on past military endeavors the two countries have undertaken and the sacrifice both nations have made.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

Damodaran wrote a riposte to the Citrini Research paper published last week that was the subject of much scrutiny and controversy.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026

A riposte unsettles your opponent, signaling aggression, quickness, and both defensive and offensive power.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

He’s quick with ripostes, righteous in off-the-cuff remarks and has a do-gooder aura that never comes off as sanctimonious.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

So much has been said about the Old Firm's inability to break through their young players, but Clement has some decent ripostes to that criticism now.

From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2025

If Violet Crawley seasoned her ripostes with a sense of knowing that comes from having broken a few rules herself – confirmed in the second “Downton” movie, by the way – that explained her charm.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2024

Greer’s wordplay is glorious: He drop-shots puns and ripostes, firing up his prose.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2022

Now the thrust ends in the merest harmless touch; But ere the beaten man throws up the sponge, As the boxers say, relaxing his hilt-clutch, There'll be lunges and ripostes of other sort.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 February 15, 1890 by Various

Confronted by what the authors call “unrelenting brutality,” when given the chance—for example, after the British riposted in the South from late 1778—this beleaguered minority readily retaliated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

He said a cocky Perce riposted to Shackleton: "I think the crew would get more meat from you Sir!"

From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2022

Binyamin Appelbaum, The Times’s economics wiz, riposted on Twitter: “A more accurate characterization of the housing bubble is that it was one of the largest orgies of white collar criminality in American history.”

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2018

Nonsense, riposted geologist Hugh Miller: only feeble poets are put off by knowledge.

From Nature ● Jul. 5, 2012

"To show you that the service you allude to is now paid," she riposted sternly.

From Love-at-Arms by Rafael Sabatini

"And it's my business to give a clip 'side o' the 'ed," said Jones, riposting.

From The Gay Adventure A Romance by Richard Bird

She turned this off by riposting lightly, "How much is it safe to trust anybody?"

From Rough-Hewn by Dorothy Canfield