retort

“Get into Good Trouble,” is their smiling retort to any form of authority.

“It’s happened twice!” retorted O’Brien as the audience laughed.

Vance retorted: "Have you said 'thank you' once this entire meeting? No."

“Do you feel unsafe? Are you going to call the cops?” one of them retorts.

An already-tense relationship appeared to worsen further last week with Mr Altman taunting Mr Musk's offer on X, and Mr Musk retorting by calling his onetime partner a "swindler".