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Before that Markey/Kennedy 2020 vote, the talk back then was what kind of diplomatic job would President Joe Biden find for the underestimated Markey after Kennedy defeated him.
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Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 4 June 2026
Oral history is perhaps the only field where the sources talk back to the historian, confronting, disputing, disrupting, and sometimes resisting the historian’s understanding of the past (Frisch 1990; Shopes 2012).
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 3 June 2026
The two were talking back and forth on the end lines and came to the net.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026
Those nations — Belgium and multiple Scandinavian countries are said to be among them — were eventually talked back from the ledge.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
This will disappoint users who want their AI to talk back to them, or who don't want to use earbuds.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
In real time, Cody was talking back to him.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Guests can meet Anna and Elsa inside Arendelle Castle, have a conversation with a responsive baby troll named Mossy who talks back, and watch a lagoon celebration called the Snow Flower Festival — featuring an original song.
—Thomas Adamson, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
The two were observed talking back-and-forth towards each other when Doncic was at the free throw line late in the third quarter.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2026
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Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 4 June 2026
Oral history is perhaps the only field where the sources talk back to the historian, confronting, disputing, disrupting, and sometimes resisting the historian’s understanding of the past (Frisch 1990; Shopes 2012).
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 3 June 2026
The two were talking back and forth on the end lines and came to the net.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026
Those nations — Belgium and multiple Scandinavian countries are said to be among them — were eventually talked back from the ledge.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
This will disappoint users who want their AI to talk back to them, or who don't want to use earbuds.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
In real time, Cody was talking back to him.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Guests can meet Anna and Elsa inside Arendelle Castle, have a conversation with a responsive baby troll named Mossy who talks back, and watch a lagoon celebration called the Snow Flower Festival — featuring an original song.
—Thomas Adamson, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
The two were observed talking back-and-forth towards each other when Doncic was at the free throw line late in the third quarter.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2026
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“Talk back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talk%20back. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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