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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
  • Investors have been rattled by the resurgence of inflationary pressures, particularly as a fresh wave of conflict in the Middle East drives oil prices higher.
    — Jenni Reid, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
  • And the president's new plan to import ground beef has rattled many ranchers.
    — Gaby Vinick, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of rattled
Verb
  • The Scene The Bayeux Tapestry, which went on display in the British Museum this week, is one of the wonders of the medieval world.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • As the night went on, the focus shifted to music, with a performance by 070 Shake, followed by Fcukers, and Papi Juice closed things out with a DJ set.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of went on
Verb
  • The model will handle document-review tasks that previously ran on Claude.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Paramount+ is also streaming all eight episodes of the first season, which ran on BET+ and BET previously, free on their YouTube channel.
    — Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026
Definition of ran on
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