banter
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The Instagram account describes itself as a place for "the best confessions, memes and banter in Cardiff" and has more than 14,000 followers.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Hosted by Law & Order SVU star Mariska Hargitay - the first woman to host in 15 years - the ceremony was packed with cameos from celebrities, emotional speeches, touching tributes and plenty of banter.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
According to the report, some officers, including Jong and McKay, acknowledged that the office banter sometimes crossed the line, but they denied that there was anything malicious about their comments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
The voices of the characters come through as though we’re eavesdropping from a discreet distance on their banter and squabbles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Watching him stand there in his suit, I can picture him in a black-and-white Hollywood romantic comedy trading witty banter with his heroine.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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Bergstrom, 41, spends most nights on a live-shopping app called Whatnot, where hosts like him auction collectibles in real time to an audience that simultaneously banters and bids on his goods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
But he makes frequent appearances on Israeli TV and radio, displaying a cheerful demeanor, quit wit and knack for deflecting criticism as he banters with his hosts.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2022
On the campaign trail, Duterte-Carpio banters with her audience and switches easily back and forth between Tagalog, effectively the national language, and Visayan, a language of the central and southern Philippines and her mother tongue.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2022
For solace she consults Google under the covers and banters in emoji with her husband, Alex, who knows little about her prognosis.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2022
He insinuates truth with a friendly indirectness, and banters us out of our folly with a foreign instance.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 by Various
During the launch of a curriculum with Sesame Workshop, Chan bantered with Elmo in a promotional video.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Welsh actors Sir Anthony Hopkins and Sir Jonathan Pryce bantered about who was the more Welsh on the set of their latest film, its director has said.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2024
He yelled encouragement and bantered with the soldiers as they learned how to use American weapons.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2023
Speaking by video call from their home in suburban London, the Gowers bantered about their partnership and delved into the gory details behind “The Last of Us” and “House of the Dragon.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
“Hey, Martin,” Fischer bantered through his oxygen mask, trying to affect a jocular tone.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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She enjoys the bantering vibe of the crews she’s on, even if she still misses working with children.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026
They would also often meet for dinner, sometimes lavish meals, gossiping and bantering over dim sum, pizza or claypot rice.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
At the Q&A session afterward, Triet and Harari were in fine spirits on the eve of the film’s release, bantering on stage about whether they’d write together again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
He watched as his team batted at the start of what would be a roughly five-hour match, bantering about cricket and careers with the players, who huddled on bleachers under a small square of shade.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2023
It is all very well, in these changing times, to adapt one's work to take in duties not traditionally within one's realm; but bantering is of another dimension altogether.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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