colloquy
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Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Elena Kagan seemed the most willing to read that colloquy in Pitchford’s favor.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2026
Some of his dialogue scenes — including a riveting colloquy between the questing Marianne and the questioning bishop — have the shape, rhythm and sorrowful wit of a Sondheim song.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2023
The opening exchange is treated as cross-examination masquerading as comradely colloquy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
“That’s the remedy you have,” Justice Rolando T. Acosta said in a colloquy with Futerfas.
From Washington Post ● May 11, 2022
Plainly skeptical but unwilling to engage in a colloquy with a wheedling Teller, Fermi pleaded that he was too tired from the flight to give him a hearing, much less a commitment.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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There were some other bizarre moments, beyond the “how can we ignore precedent?” colloquies.
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2025
You hear it deployed in corporate colloquies, political speeches and school prospectuses as if it were a magic wand.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2021
Despite a sense of the historical importance – and members’ efforts to dramatize the hearing with outbursts and impassioned colloquies – the mood was subdued.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 12, 2019
“Mike Wallace Is Here” opens with one of its more provocative colloquies, an interchange between the subject and controversial host Bill O’Reilly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2019
During the Carolingian period it was the seat of no fewer than 16 imperial councils or colloquies.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 8–13
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