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Just because someone contacted me didn’t obligate me to reply instantly.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

At 20:47, he was charged, handed a copy of the charge sheet and again made no reply, the court was told.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

The University of Maine did not reply to a request for comment.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas’ office didn’t reply to a request for comment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

“Are you going to reply to these messages?”

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

“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

"There is no vacancy at the moment," she replies.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Reminded that Mr. DiIulio exited the White House after only eight months, “probably earlier than you were expecting,” Ms. Spellings replies sharply: “But later than I would have liked him to.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

There were too many times where it was clear a chatbot had been used, including “copy-pasted replies that still had the Claude sentence, ‘Should I make that more concise?’” says Spexard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

‘I came for a walk,’ she replies lightly.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

And asked whether he would consider working with Horner, he replied: "This you have to ask my assistant."

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Asked if he thought there would be progress on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, which is crucial for the flow of oil, Trump replied: "I think we're going to do great."

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

He looked startled for a moment and then with an uncharacteristic grin replied that he considered that a welcome compliment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

She replied that she didn’t understand why he’d gone to the front; she knew all he had wanted was to get home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

“You are quite right, dear,” she replied at last.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

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

We’ve all been in a chat with an Oreo Mom, replying with hearts and exclamation points while the conversation goes sideways and everyone gets more and more enraged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Local authorities were "promptly replying" to more than 800 calls from affected relatives, state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

In theory, we could able to liberate ourselves of dull, menial tasks, such as replying to emails, going to meetings or managing calendars and diaries, by delegating these to capable bots.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Without replying or showing any sign of alarm whatsoever, the Abbot arose.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques