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Gibed. Assailed with a clever usually taunting remark.

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  • John McCain quipped yesterday that Barack Obama is "running for Jimmy Carter's second term."
  • As Fortin quipped, and Nietzsche fumed, few philosophers and theologians know what they are about.
  • Phones are for phone calls, girl! the comic quipped from the stage as Vanessa sat in the audience.
  • "We can see 2012 from our house," Sarah Palin quipped recently, setting off another round of will-she-or-won't-she speculation.
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