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Minus the flash, the neon, the tailoring and the quipping, “LifeHack” is a kind of “Ocean’s Eleven” for Gen Z: a breathless, ingenious caper that moves at about 200 megabits per second.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

He said it was "very early for that question" and offered no further comment, prompting Letts, 60, to raise a laugh by quipping: "I'm the next James Bond."

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

This achievement is all the more remarkable considering that, in the next theater over, Fanning was punching, kicking and quipping in “Predator: Badlands.”

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

Taraji P. Henson, Lala Anthony and Keke Palmer also weighed in with positive reinforcement, with Palmer quipping, “Now I’m mad cause they ain’t sent me my pictures.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025

It was the meeting-place of the little "quoting, quipping, quaffing" club of fellow-workers in Bohemia; and Lemon, it was explained, had dabbled both in verse and the lighter drama, efforts which were "not half bad."

From The History of "Punch" by Spielmann, M. H. (Marion Harry)