as in chats
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
spent the time she should have been working gabbing with friends instead
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One of the three new global ambassadors for BOSS Bottled Beyond, Maluma chats behind-the-scenes of shooting the new campaign with Bradley Cooper and Vinicius Júnior.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025 -
Below, Dev Hynes chats with Billboard about how his new Blood Orange record came together, and how aging and nostalgia inspired his rawest album yet.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
3 Sep. 2019
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A student quoted in that article said Dixon often talks politics in class.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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Douthat talks to a wide range of guests, nudging them toward unexpectedly cosmic discussions of good and evil and the future of humanity.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Gabs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gabs. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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