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blathered (on)

verb

past tense of blather (on)
as in rambled
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blathered (on)
  1. rambled
  2. rattled
  3. went on
  4. ran on
Verb
  • 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
  • When asked simple questions by William Savitt, one of the attorneys representing OpenAI, Musk rambled and avoided the issue at hand.
    — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 May 2026
Definition of rambled
Verb
  • The break-in also rattled people who live nearby, including Porsche Hopkins, a regular customer who lives down the street.
    — Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The six cases do not include the Hugging Face incident that rattled the AI sector.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of rattled
Verb
  • Little by little as the day went on, the ranks of us still in the running grew thinner.
    — Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
  • So Mannheim head coach and sports manager Dallas Eakins (previously the head coach of the Anaheim Ducks) had an up-close view as the summer went on.
    — Max Bultman, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of went on
Verb
  • For example, a client’s original software build ran on no-code, which was functional for a time but eventually led to friction.
    — Angelica Kopec, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • But Pratt, a Trump-friendly Republican in a deep-blue city, ran on a promise of radical reform at City Hall.
    — Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of ran on
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“Blathered (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blathered%20%28on%29. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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