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Reminded about it Monday at the Lakers’ media day, Doncic immediately retorted: “I beat him in golf two days ago. ... He didn’t say that, huh?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Swimmers never attend opening ceremonies, Evans retorted when Billy Payne, president and chief executive of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, asked her to run the penultimate leg of the torch relay.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Warren Buffett retorted that the job was different than Kass described.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

"We can't install air conditioning everywhere. It's a false solution that makes the problem worse," he retorted, calling for better insulation of buildings.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

“Then don’t think of me,” retorted Miss Havisham.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens


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