blather (on)

as in to ramble
to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point my attention wandered as she blathered on about her endlessly active social life

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Verb
  • Mitchell Summers rambled for 250 yards and two touchdowns on 18 carries, including an 80-yard score, while Jack Snyder threw for 147 yards and a TD while picking up 68 yards on the ground.
    Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Kachina rambles for 5 miles but the most vibrant color is found on the first half of the hike.
    Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
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  • Success doesn't rattle him, failure doesn't rattle him.
    Kyle McGovern, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The use of CIDs – a legal tool that allows the government to gather information during a civil investigation – rattled corporate America.
    Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
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  • Several stars who previously won a North American Championship went on to win the major championships on NXT.
    Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Lauper declined the offer to focus on her music, and the 1988 rom-com movie about an ambitious Manhattan secretary with big dreams went on to become a box-office smash.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
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“Blather (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blather%20%28on%29. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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