Thesaurus results for RAMBLED

rambled

verb

past tense of ramble

as in rattled

to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point the teenagers sat around the pizza parlor, rambling on about dating, homework, movies, and the local football team

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as in wandered

to move about from place to place aimlessly by tirelessly rambling around San Francisco for a week we probably saw more of it than many residents ever have

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as in strolled

to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure we're planning to ramble all over the highland moors when we're in Dartmoor

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Recent Examples of rambled Cars lined the streets looking for parking spots as people rambled through the bustling marketplace at Clock Tower Landing. —

Kendrick Calfee june 6, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2026 When asked simple questions by William Savitt, one of the attorneys representing OpenAI, Musk rambled and avoided the issue at hand. —

Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 May 2026 The eight wolves that are not in packs rambled much farther and were less likely to stay in a specific area, Cassidy said. —

Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 7 May 2026 During the State of the Union, the top federal employee bullied, bragged and rambled for 107 minutes. —

Milly Dawson, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2026 One day in July, Mitchell rambled about his mother’s house when Smart blurted out that Wright lived in the same neighborhood. —

Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 24 Jan. 2026 Drew Mestemaker threw for 366 yards and three touchdowns while Caleb Hawkins rambled for 186 yards and four scores on 25 carries. —

Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025 On the first play of the final period, Bruce rambled in for a four-yard TD for the Eagles. —

Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2025 After a Southern Utah offsides penalty, graduate student Matt Colombo bounced off left tackle and rambled into the end zone for the game-winning touchdown. —

Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025

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On April 5, two earthquakes rattled opposite sides of the Holly Ridge Golf Links southeast of Archdale, Randolph County, in the Piedmont Triad.

— Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 13 June 2026
The announcement initially rattled FedEx and fellow traditional logistics competitor United Parcel Service .

— Paulina Likos, CNBC, 12 June 2026