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[ri-plahy] / rɪˈplaɪ /




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“Ope! Was hoping to make a Costco run,” some dad would inevitably reply.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

In reply, Burnham admitted it was a "very dark and difficult moment" for Zelensky, who was "carrying the heaviest of weights" right now.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

OpenAI didn’t reply to MarketWatch’s request for comment on the numbers cited in the Financial Times report.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

“We text. We make decisions quickly. Do not reply all on a 30-person email for two weeks. Don’t go to a meeting you shouldn’t go to.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

“No, just wanted to know if you’re okay,” I reply.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

“I can’t believe I’m doing this,” one woman says, and the other replies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

“That was unintended,” he replies, only digging himself in deeper when he explains that, like plumbers or electricians, he was there to do a job.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

Maybe “what I do,” Chris replies, “is a little worse.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

“I wish I knew, you know? I don’t know. I don’t, I don’t feel like I understand that,” Holmes replies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Tío Yehuda replies, “We have heard that the Turkish sultan has promised to accept Jews and treat them well. We want to leave for Constantinople as soon as we can.”

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

I asked Rauh by email if he thought the campaign’s treatment of his estimates was proper; he replied that “it’s completely appropriate for public discourse and conclusions to cite the central scenario.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

“Walk away,” the Ukrainian contact replied, then: “I’m waiting for a message that you’ve left.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

When a reporter asked Mamdani about that this week, he replied flatly, “Jessica Tisch is the police commissioner. I have no plans to change that.”

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

He said the footballer had a shocked expression and he believed he replied: "you what".

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

“You made your reparations,” Sarah R. replied, nodding to the arm he’d used to shield her.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

I realized that replying to complicated requests or problems in anger or haste was never smart, so I kept his rule to slow my response time down eight hours for future correspondence.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

She has since stopped replying to messages from AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Timothée Chalamet's collab with EsDeeKid went viral, with British rapper Central Cee replying "Naaa"

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

You can reach us by replying to any newsletter, or email Walden at [email protected].

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

During the conversation she seemed only to be replying to things, and wiping her face with the ends of one of the saris.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri


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