as in chats
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
the young executive gratingly prated on about his weekend hobnobbing with the rich
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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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Budget talks The city’s budget and overspending concerns could be another major talking point during this year’s campaigns, Ward 5 Councilmember Greg Shelton said.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
9 Oct. 2025
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Many have lost hope too, despite the indirect ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas currently underway in Egypt.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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The thing is, most small talk feels like a polite but boring game of ping-pong.—
Maya Rossignac-Milon
Erica Boothby,
CNBC,
17 Oct. 2025
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No small talk, no eye contact, no working out, no outside entertainment.—
Essence,
Essence,
14 Oct. 2025
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Senate Republicans are preparing a new package to support Ukraine’s defense and polling that shows support for this move gives lawmakers political cover, as a decision over whether to provide Kyiv with Tomahawk missiles rattles Kremlin propagandists.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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So, there are different levels of types of activity, but some of the more common signs include, for example, a door that rattles and there's not a breeze or something causing it.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
10 Oct. 2025
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Each monthly box includes three recipe guides, skill lessons, a kitchen tool, a kitchen project, an apron patch, table talk cards, and a grocery list.—
Jessica Booth,
Parents,
16 Dec. 2024
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Almost everything about Thanksgiving, from travel to table talk about politics, has the potential to become fraught.—
Kendra Nordin Beato,
The Christian Science Monitor,
26 Nov. 2024
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Similar chatter has emerged during past election years since the dawn of the 22nd Amendment, but usually in a more light-hearted nature.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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The celebratory July 4 meal would certainly have kept the innkeeper, Daniel Smith, busy replenishing the finest bottles of Madeira from behind the locked bar—perhaps overhearing snippets of chatter among the delegates.—
Victoria Flexner,
The Atlantic,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Prates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prates. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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