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Texas Sen. Ted Cruz likely isn't quite ready to go away, Donald Trump adviser Sarah Huckabee Sanders said. | AP Photo Trump adviser: 'Lyin' Ted' might make a comeback

America hasn’t seen the last of "Lyin’ Ted," one of Donald Trump’s top surrogates said on Wednesday.

"I wouldn't be so sure to erase that," senior adviser Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in an interview with CNN's Chris Cuomo on "New Day," suggesting that the way Texas Sen. Ted Cruz reacts to his resounding defeat and his performance in subsequent primaries could influence Trump's thinking.

Trump dropped his standard reference to Cruz in his New York primary victory speech Tuesday night in Manhattan, referring to his opponent as "Senator Cruz" and nailing the pronunciation the last name of Ohio Gov. John Kasich, which he has often flubbed over the course of the campaign.

"My guess it will still pop up from time to time, and I think a lot of that will depend on how Ted Cruz reacts over the next few days and what his campaign does over the next few days," Huckabee Sanders said, "and in the next couple of contests [as far as] you may see Donald Trump react to that."