as in rambles
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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Don’t be the person who rambles and runs over the slot.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Trump’s war on wind, solar rattles clean energy industry.—
Kristina Karisch,
The Hill,
26 Aug. 2025
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Jones rattles opponents with heavy hits that leave an impression.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
25 Aug. 2025
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When Tony's security company faces an attack from unknown malicious forces, the family goes on the run across Europe while figuring out who is after them, according to Paramount.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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This gap between what teachers need and what the administrators are providing can partly be attributed to the distance between the latter and what goes on in their building’s classrooms day-to-day.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Blathers (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blathers%20%28on%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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