interlocutor
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In a combative setting, Vance can dismantle an argument, redirect a question and put his interlocutor on the defensive.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026
Over the years, Wang has also served as Xi’s interlocutor with U.S. businesses through what he calls “old friends” sessions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 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
But I could see his interlocutor was completely ignoring him as he'd thought of his own killer point and couldn't wait to slam-dunk it.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
I perceived, of course, the drift of my interlocutor.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Rubio, born of Cuban parents in Florida, was asked at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing about the possibility of finding interlocutors within Cuba's communist regime.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
They can also demand passwords from suspects’ interlocutors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
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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