repartee
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It’s a place where a police detective should have a talent for repartee, which Declan certainly does, as in this exchange with a pathologist:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Hart keeps up a steady stream of anecdotes and witty repartee, but increasingly the mask slips; underneath it all is the yawning realization that he is utterly alone.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
Trinket vendors with whom Hemingway found a passing repartee still line the sides.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2025
“This” is a repartee with a young female fan, who initially interjected to reveal that the two share the comedian’s home state of Ohio in common.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
“Don’t be a pain” and “Takes one to know one” are standard repartee among girls, but I go much farther than that.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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