as in rambling
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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What on Earth was Gabriel rambling on about before, anyway?—
Jessica Wang,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Sep. 2025 -
Roger Naylor shares 10 favorite Arizona destinations from his 50 years of rambling here.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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There’s nothing going on outside anyway.—
Zuzana Říhová,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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The same goes for its overall profile, though, there’s a lot going on in its front fascia—the side venting is seemingly there for function, but the massive grille is… a lot.—
Peter Nelson,
Forbes.com,
20 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But residents recounted the quake rattling them awake, evoking descriptions of a significant jolt and rumbling.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
22 Sep. 2025
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Shut your bedroom door or use a towel to prevent rattling.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Servers running on motherboards sold by Supermicro contain high-severity vulnerabilities that can allow hackers to remotely install malicious firmware that runs even before the operating system, making infections impossible to detect or remove without unusual protections in place.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
24 Sep. 2025
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The 14-year-old was one of many in a crowd of people who were walking or running on Happy Valley Road as Speed, as he is also known, left the meetup.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Blathering (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blathering%20%28on%29. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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