interlocutor
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In one sequence, he imagines his reply to an interlocutor: “Because she is unknown,” he says, and then, at a loss, “I don’t know.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
In a combative setting, Vance can dismantle an argument, redirect a question and put his interlocutor on the defensive.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026
Langbein’s Monica — having finally transcended her past and ascended to spiritual omniscience — becomes Jean’s interlocutor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
What kind of prime minister will he be at home, or as an interlocutor for Hungary's allies abroad?
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
Mobile and flexible, it was never intended to be compressed in the eternal silence of solitude: it is a mouth which should speak much and smile often, and have human affection for its interlocutor.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Dialogue with Putin should take place without "too many interlocutors, with a given mandate", he said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
In engaging with Trump directly for the first time, Lurie benefited from a relatively clean slate and a host of interlocutors with influence in the White House.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
What Homan lacks in eloquence—he frequently slurs his words and can be hard to understand—he makes up for with a savant’s command of names and numbers and a willingness to shout down interlocutors.
From Slate ● Jan. 20, 2025
His European interlocutors nodded but without much evident enthusiasm.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2024
That’s how we pick up accents— sometimes to the extent that our interlocutors think they’re being mocked—and how we lose them.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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