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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While Yahia chats with The Star, his daughter, Hannah, takes a tray of baklava out of the oven.
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Inside the motel, Paula chats with Sky.
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Perhaps because she’s just better socialized than me, Olivia Rodrigo responds with disarming attention to my usual pre-interview small talk.
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The pair initially makes awkward small talk, but when David asks about Cheryl (Erin Richards), his ex-wife, Rachel eventually reveals the reason for her visit.
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Instead, the guy talks to dead barkeeps and wields an ax more than his typewriter.
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Albert Saijo, second semester editor of Echoes, Heart Mountain high school publication, talks things over with Hisako Takehara and Alice Tanouye, first semester co-editors.
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When the table talk turns political, Hagains suggests shifting your approach instead of your mood.
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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.
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Epstein converses with Summers Larry Summers, Clinton’s Treasury secretary and the director of the National Economic Council under former President Obama, corresponded with Epstein numerous times via email.
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In the last year or two, there was chatter and debate whether Messi would actually be selected to join the national team again.
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If circumstances had gone Spain’s way with more clinical finishing or a Cape Verde defender making a mistake, then the result would have been different and a lot of the chatter currently happening (including here) would likely not be happening.
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The father, Man, prattles on about mowing the lawn, painting the fence, and managing their orchard’s irrigation, while the son periodically falls off his chair from boredom.
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As Paula finally reaches Detective Gonzalez and excitedly chatters about her wire transfer ruse, the wry officer isn’t amused.
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“Prates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prates. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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