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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Cars lined the streets looking for parking spots as people rambled through the bustling marketplace at Clock Tower Landing.—
Kendrick Calfee
June 6,
Kansas City Star,
6 June 2026 -
Stories abound about people who ramble, jump from one thought to the next, and communicate in a manner that makes others around them suspect that the person is tired and overworked.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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The American crashed two aces to make it 40-15, before rattling another serve over the net that her opponent could only throw a racket at.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
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Flavia Pupo, a manager at a hotel in Pinar del Río, told AP that the shaking rattled the building and frightened people in the area.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
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The Republican River Basin is not Douglas County or Boulder, but people sometimes go on cruises.—
Allen Best,
Denver Post,
14 June 2026
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If guests have to pay separately to go on each ride then the more there are, the greater their revenue-generating potential.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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“Blather (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blather%20%28on%29. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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