variants
or shmoozed
as in chatted
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
spent every spare minute of the conference schmoozing with the industry's power players
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Sombr chatted with an invisible talk show host and invited fans on stage to call their exes (and their exes' moms).—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
25 Sep. 2025 -
Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo chatted about his roster for the 2025-26 season.—
Christian Romo,
Freep.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Akkasca returned to the vehicle, took a video documenting the car’s lack of damage, conversed with Hertz employees and managers about it, and was told the app would talk directly to him – which was untrue, reported Carscoops.—
Peter Cohan,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Bill Zito hasn’t talked to Aleksander Barkov since the Florida Panthers’ underwent surgery on Friday to repair the ACL and MCL in his right knee and will sideline him at minimum for between seven and nine months.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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Hung out with him for a long time and talked.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Schmoozed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schmoozed. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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