banter

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Peter Attia, the longevity guru and bestselling author who recently resigned from CBS when his sophomoric banter with Epstein came to light, copped to his blind attraction to power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

"And they'd all got the memo to play ball and deliver an opening episode full of sizzling chemistry, cheeky banter and decent anecdotes," she wrote.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Justin, the believer, is instantly alarmed by how these eerie tapes escalate from cute banter to ghostly crying babies and backward incantations.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

Another user reported Olive had attempted "fake banter", talked about its relatives and made "fake typing sounds" while looking something up.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

This wasn’t the usual prerace “downplay your chances” banter that both he and Al Ulbrickson regularly engaged in.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown