as in speaking
to talk as if giving an important and formal speech
some crank mouthing off in the center of town to anyone who would listen
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Broadly speaking, the panel was addressed to the arts, not only the visual arts but also all forms of writing, including journalism.—
John McPhee,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026 -
The hosts are frequently seen with little makeup and shiny faces, speaking to each other from home offices or bare-bones studios.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
20 Apr. 2026
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Is there an art to talking to famous people who are famously stoic about their personal life and famously put up boundaries everywhere?—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 Apr. 2026
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There’s Larry Gagosian talking with Richard Serra with Tony Shafrazi in front of them.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
20 Apr. 2026
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More often, though, Tallent demonstrates his characters’ precarity rather than declaiming about it.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2026
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From the whitewashing controversy to the toxic love to the daring costumes, the discourse is going to be discoursing.—
Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
Refinery29,
13 Feb. 2026
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The Uttar Pradesh government moved quickly as well, announcing a 21 percent interim wage increase on Tuesday, effective retroactively from April 1.—
Mayu Saini,
Footwear News,
17 Apr. 2026
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If the late-night ecosystem were healthy, that appearance probably would have been announcing Johnson as the new Daily Show host, taking over for a permanent host who would be moving up to The Late Show.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Mouthing (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mouthing%20%28off%29. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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