| Kid's retort to a doubter |
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| "Ain't so!" retort |
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| "Life __ short to skip dessert" |
LA Times Daily |
24 Apr 2025 |
| Playground retort, and a hint to the theme of this puzzle |
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| "No job ___ small" |
USA Today |
29 Dec 2024 |
| "Life ___ short for bad coffee" |
LA Times Mini |
11 Dec 2024 |
| "This ___ good to be true!" |
LA Times Mini |
24 Oct 2024 |
| "Life ___ short for this!" |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Aug 2024 |
| Childish retort |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jun 2024 |
| "Life ___ short ..." |
LA Times Mini |
26 May 2024 |
| Playground comeback |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Apr 2024 |
| Insistent rebuttal |
Newsday |
10 Nov 2022 |
| Playground retort |
Universal |
26 Jul 2022 |
| Insistent cry |
Newsday |
18 Feb 2022 |
| "Not so!" response |
Universal |
10 Feb 2022 |
| "How much ___ much?": 2 wds. |
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| "Not so!" retort |
Universal |
06 Dec 2021 |
| Greta Thunberg book 'No One ___ Small to Make a Difference' |
USA Today |
30 Oct 2021 |
| ''Ain't so!'' reply |
Newsday |
18 Aug 2021 |
| ''How much __ much?'' |
Newsday |
10 Aug 2021 |
| ''This porridge __ hot!'' |
Newsday |
07 Apr 2021 |
| Puerile retort |
LA Times Daily |
05 Mar 2021 |
| Puerile retort |
The Washington Post |
05 Mar 2021 |
| ''Ain't so!'' reply |
Newsday |
23 Feb 2021 |
| Retort to "It ain't so!" |
Premier Sunday |
18 Oct 2020 |
| Reply to ''Ain't so!'' |
Newsday |
29 Sep 2020 |
| 'This __ much!': 'I'm overwhelmed!' |
The Washington Post |
31 Aug 2020 |
| "This __ much!": "I'm overwhelmed!" |
LA Times Daily |
31 Aug 2020 |
| Rejoinder to "Not so!" |
Premier Sunday |
09 Aug 2020 |
| Kid's comeback |
Newsday |
26 Jul 2020 |
| Insistent comeback |
The Washington Post |
18 Jun 2020 |
| Insistent comeback |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jun 2020 |
| "Not so!" reply |
Universal |
07 May 2020 |
| Greta Thunberg’s “No One ___ Small to Make a Difference” |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Apr 2020 |
| 'No it ain't!' retort |
USA Today |
26 Mar 2020 |
| Quotation continues |
Canadiana |
09 Sep 2019 |
| ''How much __ much?'' |
Newsday |
20 Aug 2019 |
| "Nuh-uh!" comeback |
Universal |
28 May 2019 |
| Schoolyard retort |
Premier Sunday |
05 May 2019 |
| 'Wisdom ___ high for a fool': Proverbs |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Feb 2019 |
| 'Life — short ...' |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Feb 2019 |
| Child's retort to 'Ain't!' |
USA Today |
19 Jan 2019 |
| Child's retort to "Ain't!" |
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| "Nuh-uh!" comeback |
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| "Wisdom ___ high for a fool": Proverbs |
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| ''Not so!'' reply |
Newsday |
02 Dec 2018 |
| Playground retort |
New York Times |
22 Nov 2018 |
| "Life ___ short to...": 2 wds. |
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| Playground retort to "Ain't!" |
USA Today |
01 Feb 2018 |
| Retort to "Ain't!" |
USA Today |
27 Jan 2018 |
| Playground retort |
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| Playground retort to "Ain't!" |
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| Retort to "Ain't!" |
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| Rejoinder to "Ain't" |
USA Today |
05 Dec 2017 |
| Schoolyard comeback |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Nov 2017 |
| Childish comeback |
New York Times |
01 Aug 2017 |
| Childish comeback |
Newsday |
19 Mar 2017 |
| Childish comeback |
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| Rejoinder to "Ain't" |
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| Rejoinder to "Ain't!" |
USA Today |
26 Nov 2016 |
| Schoolyard rejoinder |
Premier Sunday |
06 Nov 2016 |
| Playground comeback |
New York Times |
21 Sep 2016 |
| Half a playground exchange |
LA Times Daily |
07 May 2016 |
| Retort to 'Not so!' |
Premier Sunday |
31 Jan 2016 |
| Rejoinder to "Ain't!" |
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| Half a playground exchange |
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| Playground comeback |
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| Playground rejoinder |
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| Recess rejoinder |
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| Response to ''Not so!'' |
Newsday |
10 Nov 2015 |
| Other side of a childish debate ... or a phonetic hint to the answers to the four double-starred clues |
New York Times |
04 Oct 2015 |
| "Life ___ short . . ." |
USA Today |
02 Sep 2015 |
| Insistent cry |
Newsday |
09 May 2015 |
| Playground comeback |
Premier Sunday |
15 Feb 2015 |
| Playground comeback |
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| Other side of a childish debate ... or a phonetic hint to the answers to the four double-starred clues |
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| "The rent ___ damn high!" (2010s NYC political slogan) |
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| "This ___ much!" |
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| Schoolyard retort |
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| "Ain't so!" reply |
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| Insistent cry |
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| Response to "Not so!" |
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| "Life ___ short . . ." |
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| Child's playground retort |
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| Schoolyard retort |
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| Immature retort |
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| Schoolyard rejoinder |
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| Insistent words from a sandbox |
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| "Not so!" reply |
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| Playground rejoinder |
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| "How much __ much?" |
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| Cry of insistence |
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| "One Word ___ Often Profaned" (Shelley poem) |
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| Playground retort |
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| Wordsworth's "The World ___ Much With Us" |
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| Playground retort |
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| "Life ___ short" |
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| Playground rejoinder |
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| "The rent ___ damn high!" |
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| Childish comeback |
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| Playground rejoinder to "Ain't!" |
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| Kid's comeback |
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| Kindergarten rejoinder |
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| Kindergarten rejoinder |
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| Playground response to 111-Down |
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| Childish retort |
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| Playground response to 111-Down |
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| "This ___ much to understand" |
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| 'How much -- much?' |
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| "Life ___ short ..." |
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| Playground retort |
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| Recess retort |
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| "Life ___ short ..." |
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| Playground assertion |
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| Playground assertion |
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| "How much ___ much?" |
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| Grade school comeback |
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| Playground rejoinder |
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| Schoolyard retort |
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| Playground retort |
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| Childish retort |
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| 'Life -- short' |
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| "The world __ much with us": Wordsworth |
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| Schoolyard retort |
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| Reply in a juvenile spat |
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| "The world __ much with us": Wordsworth |
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| Insistent comeback |
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| Retort to "Not so!" |
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| Playground retort |
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| Kindergarten comeback |
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| Playground retort |
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| Sandbox retort |
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| Insistent comeback |
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| "Life ___ short ..." |
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| "Not so!" retort |
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| Playground retort |
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| "One enemy __ much": Herbert |
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| Schoolyard retort |
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| "One enemy __ much": Herbert |
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| Reply in a juvenile spat |
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| Child's retort |
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| Playground comeback |
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| Childish rejoinder |
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| Playground retort |
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| Playground reply |
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| "Ain't neither!" reply |
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| Childish comeback |
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| Sandbox retort |
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| Rejoinder to "Ain't!" |
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| Playground rebuttal |
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| Playground retort |
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| Playground retort |
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| Childish comeback |
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| "Life ___ short..." |
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| "Life ___ short..." |
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| "Ain't neither!" retort |
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| Rejoinder in a kids' argument |
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| Playground rejoinder |
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| Rejoinder to "Ain't!" |
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| Retort in a playground argument |
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| "One enemy ___ much.": Herbert |
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| "The world ___ much with us": Wordsworth |
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| "This ___ butch for be!": Kipling |
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| "The world ___ much with us" |
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| "Life ___ short" |
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| "This ___ much" |
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| "That ___ much for me" |
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| It ___ much to ask |
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| Recess line |
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| "How much ___ much?" |
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| Infantile comeback |
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| Recess rejoinder |
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