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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Kachina rambles for 5 miles but the most vibrant color is found on the first half of the hike.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
10 Oct. 2025 -
The residence rambles over more than 14,500 square feet with 13 bedrooms and nine and a half baths.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
16 Sep. 2025
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In Walker Percy’s novel The Moviegoer, the hero, Binx Bolling, tells us that there is an invisible Geiger counter in his head that rattles loudly whenever a Jew passes by.—
Adam Kirsch,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2026
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Few characters on the new CBS daytime drama Beyond the Gates stir up quite as much chaos as Hayley Lawson Hamilton—the calculating outsider whose romance with her former best friend’s father rattles the show’s central family.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
17 Mar. 2026
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Still, the Saudis are sensitive to the fact that the longer the conflict goes on the more opportunity Iran has to carry out strikes on the kingdom’s energy infrastructure, the heartbeat of its oil-rich economy.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Some 39 million people in the region are under heat alerts Monday, and the heat wave is likely to expand and intensify as the week goes on.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Blathers (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blathers%20%28on%29. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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