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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
banter .
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Examples
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Now there is a phrase bantered about by the Repugs and Bush Adminstration, but ever so hypocritical they do the bait and switch.
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The term ‘triple bottom line’ * is a phrase bantered around in business circles.
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Another veteran who has had his name bantered about in trade rumors is defenseman
chicagotribune.com - 2010
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We were able to take notes during this trial, and every single one of us, we just kind of bantered back and forth as far as this doctor said this, and that doctor said that, and slowly but surely, it came down to criminal intent and malice aforethought.
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Where they "bantered," cajoled, and sneered, arousing a very mild irritation, Swift's scornful invective, and biting satire silenced into fear the enemies of the Queen's chosen ministers.
The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer Jonathan Swift 1706
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As a child she was kept out of school for long stretches by rheumatic fever, but she learned French and German, studied Greek and bantered with her brother in Latin.
She Wore It Well Amy Finnerty 2011
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Paul and Lloyd allowed themselves to be bantered into making the descent together.
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"I came here tonight in an attempt to further our relationship," Drake bantered early in Saturday night's set -- his first in a two-night stand at DAR Constitution Hall.
In Concert: Drake at DAR Constitution Hall Chris Richards 2010
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The staff bantered with a couple guys down the bar from us and occasionally yelled out order numbers.
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