A deputy secretary at the MHA was not amused by the MoD objection and retorted by saying that others could not be debarred from using the same kind of headgear.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/india/military-digest-army-vs-police-file-battle-wearing-berets-8657074/

And when Jerry asked her 'why,' she simply retorted 'why not?'

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12025361/Where-Jerry-Springers-infamous-guests-today.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

At one point he retorted when he was reminded that the country was developing and had goods on the shelves: people are just loku luku luku with no money.”

Source: https://www.lusakatimes.com/2023/04/10/mealie-meal-shortages-could-lead-to-civil-strife-binwell-mpundu/

"But he's saying point blank in this audio tape he did not declassify it," Bash retorted.

Source: https://www.salon.com/2023/06/12/what-youre-saying-doesnt-make-sense-cnn-anchor-shuts-down-jim-jordans-defense/

Coleen then admitted "That’s the only thing we haven’t done we have left the bras on!" to which Judi retorted "If we took the bras off, this would be on at 10 o’clock at night!"

Source: https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/whats-on/why-blackpools-coleen-nolan-was-on-daytime-tv-in-her-pjs-4459687

Heyward retorted when asked by a reporter late this past week how he’d respond to observers who believe the Steelers have gotten to 6-3 by way of “smoke and mirrors.”

Source: https://triblive.com/sports/out-scored-on-the-season-and-out-gained-in-every-game-the-steelers-somehow-are-6-3/

However, Musk retorted by referring to Zuckerberg as a “chicken.”

Source: https://www.benzinga.com/news/23/10/35455589/after-two-months-elon-musk-is-again-talking-about-his-cage-match-with-mark-zuckerberg-im-willing-to

I always joked with him that I could dismiss him, to which he always retorted that he will live to see who would leave the Ministry before the other!

Source: https://redpepper.co.ug/rip-my-fool-rukutana-spills-muhakanizi-secrets/129756/

In passing judgment, magistrate Harriet Mulenga reduced Mweene’s lobola balance from K4, 500 to K1, 000 and retorted that, “but how do you expect him to finish paying for a woman that ran away after he educated her?”

Source: https://www.faceofmalawi.com/2023/01/24/zambian-nurse-dumps-hubby-after-paying-her-college-fees/

I retorted asking “Should I have brought a machine gun as well?”

Source: https://worldcrunch.com/focus/russian-soldiers-front-line

Maintaining her own stance, Jane cut in to argue that Harry was only making the allegations public in order ‘to make money,' to which an increasingly frustrated Denise retorted: “Jane, you talked to me about interrupting.”

Source: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/tv/denise-welch-loose-women-jane-25901771

Responding to Biscup and LaGuire’s comments about prior incidents, Ashida retorted that in its nearly 120-year history the Boy Scouts have never had a firearm fatality.

Source: https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/05/20/hawaii-news/boy-scouts-admits-prior-shooting-cases-attorneys-say/

Soon after Shivakumar played the Vokkaliga community card, Kumaraswamy retorted that it was impossible for him to become a CM while in the Congress.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/d-k-shivakumar-congress-karnataka-results-siddaramaiah-8607441/

The hospital retorted that the union was being “reckless” and holding out for higher raises at Sinai than it had just achieved in tentative contract agreements reached with some other hospitals.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/us/nyc-hospitals-prep-for-nurse-strike-amid-negotiations/article_8f1b2c39-8581-5300-90fb-0407b1c35d5d.html

This was a preposterous idea, the heckler retorted; crypto is used for so much more than that.

Source: https://www.ft.com/content/83b5932f-df6f-47a6-bf39-aa0c3172a098

We don't know if they mean it," retorted Alexandra, who said she felt "sickened" by the Church and its cover-ups of sexual abuse.

Source: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/portugal-catholic-clergy-sexually-abused-nearly-5000-minors-inquiry.1013343

When I prescribed that millennium parenting should be generally friendly with the child and never to create a culture of fear in the home, our driver retorted by saying, “I have to be different and very strict because my eldest child is a female.”

Source: https://www.mindanews.com/mindaviews/2023/03/think-talk-solicited-advice-for-the-young-adult/

“You said hilarious,” the lawyer retorted.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-news-today-latest-b2328103.html