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Teaming them up as a testy odd couple allows “Lanterns” to both highlight Hal’s insecurity and use the Green Lantern universe’s rules to interrogate systemic imbalances.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

Carney’s visit to China—the first by a Canadian leader after nearly a decade of testy relations—went smoothly, to the surprise of his advisers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

In sometimes testy exchanges with OpenAI's lawyers, and indeed the judge, he has argued Altman and fellow executive Greg Brockman "stole a charity" by pursuing profit-generating initiatives he felt went against its founding mission.

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

But, with taxpayers busy with the hated chore of filing their annual returns, it’s a good time to take a look back at the testy relationship between Americans and taxes.

From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026

A voice spoke behind him—a testy impatient voice.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie

Exchanges at the Supreme Court are getting testier, as one this week between Associate Justices Samuel Alito and Ketanji Brown Jackson attests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

Over the years, the tone of employee chatter has grown testier, echoing shifts on social media and in broader society.

From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2024

Aside from the tone—everyone involved seemed a bit testier than usual—not much was new.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2019

And the ongoing Netflix fight got even testier this year with the streaming service pulling its slate to protest the festival's rules requiring that all films in competition have theatrical release in France.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2018

I’m crankier and testier than I should be with someone who just saved my life.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

Microsoft, the first major tech company to release a paper making such a bold claim, stirred one of the tech world’s testiest debates: Is the industry building something akin to human intelligence?

From New York Times ● May 16, 2023

Even our testiest writers knew she was on their side.

From Golf Digest ● Dec. 16, 2019

Now with relations between Washington and Ankara going through one of their testiest periods in recent memory, he may find it even tougher to get those dual messages across when he visits on Wednesday.

From Reuters ● Aug. 23, 2016

He will simplify his schedule in order to make room for America’s oldest and testiest orchestra.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 27, 2016

Strikingly, some of the testiest exchanges of the evening came on issues where the differences among the candidates were largely a matter of degree.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2015