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adjective

as in joking

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verb

present participle of bandy

as in discussing

to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion bandied around the idea of going out to dinner for their anniversary

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And, unlike most other countries in wartime that have been attacked, there was no rallying effect for the government after October 7th.

— Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026

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Andrew Perloff and Paul Pabst assess the threat level for the teams in the AFC East, discussing how much Geno Smith elevates the Jets and how the Patriots' schedule affects their ceiling.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 10 Sep. 2026
The first episode features Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Pablo Torre, discussing the continuing fallout from the Clippers’ salary cap circumvention scandal in the NBA.

— J.J. Bailey, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

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Voyager 1 became the first spacecraft to reach interstellar space in 2012, although scientists are still debating about exactly where that boundary lies.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Schrader approaches some pretty tetchy, third-rail territory, doing some debating about whether one act of child abuse means that John is, inherently, a child abuser by nature.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026

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Milei has rejected calls for government intervention, arguing that unpaid debts are a private matter between borrowers and lenders rather than a symptom of wider economic distress.

— Débora Rey, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Reddington said his first priority is arguing later this month that a retrial would violate Clancy's constitutional protection against double jeopardy because the mistrial was declared over the defense's objection.

— Bryan Llenas , Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026

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According to Elsas, the name began as a slight — a derisive label used by a Northern newspaper reporter to mock the poor Scots-Irish mill workers who lived in the neighborhood during a headline-grabbing labor strike.

— Brian Unger, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Adams was a font of derisive comedic inspiration for Barone during his tenure.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 27 July 2026

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