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Recent Examples of bloviation
But there’s a line between analysis and holier-than-thou bloviation.
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Mara Reinstein, HollywoodReporter, 24 Nov. 2025
Mara Reinstein, HollywoodReporter, 24 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloviation
Noun
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The previous record-holder was President Clinton, famously known for his Southern-twang verbosity.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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This working prompt injection came only after much trial and error, explaining the verbosity and the detail in it.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The bizarre reality of daily life in a Southeast Asian scam compound—the tactics, the tone, the mix of cruelty and upbeat corporate prattle—is revealed at an unprecedented level of resolution in a leak of documents to WIRED from a whistleblower inside one such sprawling fraud operation.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Trump prattles on about the economy while the actors freeze behind him in their ancient Galilee garb.—
Rosa Escandon,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The film almost completely drops any and all scientific babble from the book in favor of character development, action sequences, and emotional gut punches.—
Matthew Razak,
Space.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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Read a book and sip tea in front of the central fireplace, swim between the indoor and outdoor sections of the glimmering pool, and soak your aching quads in the hot tubs under the evergreens and aspens while listening to the peaceful babble of Gore Creek.—
Sarah Kuta,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Wagner’s humor deflates pomposity, and gives you permission to trust your own palate first.—
Devin Parr,
Forbes.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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But what scanned like sardonic pomposity was actually a reflection of the regard in which the Duruttis were held by their label.—
Brad Shoup,
Pitchfork,
24 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This is some boring, recycled drivel.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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The Kris-cross, applesauce drivel is gone.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
12 Feb. 2026
Noun
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By this token, the politician who steals scraps of another’s rhetoric (even if the actual stealing is performed by speechwriters) is derided as if he had been found watching pornography.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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What is needed now, Fingerhut added, is a stronger, more coordinated pushback before rhetoric escalates into violence.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Mar. 2026
Noun
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On the conference sidelines, expect plenty of chatter about AI and the overall electricity supply crunch.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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But even though right when the divorce was announced, there were reports that Urban had already moved on, there hasn’t really been much chatter about Kidman possibly doing the same.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Some children clustered there to jabber and run madly about, while others just wanted attention and knew how to get it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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And given that these are not professional actors, or even (in most cases) people who aspire to be, LaBeouf’s words to them, full of deadly serious jabber about empathy and ego, are pumped up with an intensity that feels overdone and inappropriate.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
19 May 2025
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“Bloviation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloviation. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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