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However, when Minton Beddoes noted his almost 250 million followers on X at one point during the interview, Musk was quick to quip: "Popular guy".

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

He was an engaging, funny and self-deprecating raconteur, ready with the quotable quip and the off-the-record gossip, which always assured him of an audience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

If the Wayans were able to slip in a joke about Taylor, why didn’t they cut a separate quip about horror never winning Oscars, when Amy Madigan won for “Weapons” the same night?

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026

Hilton responded with a quip that quickly deflated the attack.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

Ever since her quip at the motel, he's been watching her closely.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

The actor Peter Coyote resisted: “When a Buddhist is thinking about shooting out traffic lights, it’s time to leave,” he quips.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

The British adventurer makes her acrobatic moves against a background of realistic graphics, complete with her trademark sarcastic quips.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

“You’re a walking Crown Heights,” quips a character, unfunnily.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

"When you are in the job nothing is strange," quips one top-flight recruitment chief.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

“You ain’t got to buy it,” Shorty quips.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

“Imagine if we had pro players,” Kiffin quipped before jogging to the locker room at halftime.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

"My mother was a Democrat and my daddy was a Republican, so I’m a hypocrite," she quipped.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

After Burton's fairy tale cup run finally ended, Clough said that Pep Guardiola invited him in for a glass of wine and quipped he hoped the Spaniard had "more than a glass."

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Graham quipped in his final days that he couldn’t die now because he was close to achieving both goals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

“Stop that,” quipped a male voice behind me.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

"Amazon is primed to buy Liverpool Football Club" is the Daily Star's lead story, quipping "you'll never deliver alone!" – a cheeky reference to the club's terrace anthem.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Albanese took to the stage at that event to declare "Modi is the Boss", quipping that his crowd-pulling power eclipsed even that of US rock icon Bruce Springsteen.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

The game proceeds with a largely lighthearted tone, with players quipping about each other’s strategy and businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

This achievement is all the more remarkable considering that, in the next theater over, Fanning was punching, kicking and quipping in “Predator: Badlands.”

From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2026

It was the meeting-place of the little "quoting, quipping, quaffing" club of fellow-workers in Bohemia; and Lemon, it was explained, had dabbled both in verse and the lighter drama, efforts which were "not half bad."

From The History of "Punch" by M. H. (Marion Harry) Spielmann