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talebearing

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noun

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Adjective
  • And that repositioning, researchers argue, was essential to the development of the resonating chamber that makes articulate speech possible.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • The church elders welcomed the soft-spoken, articulate Latino whose maternal grandfather, Abraham Fernandez, was a Presbyterian minister.
    Richard J. Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 May 2026
Noun
  • The talks are deadlocked over $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets, a top official previously told CNN.
    Dalia Abdelwahab, CNN Money, 7 June 2026
  • The day before Putin speaking at the conference rejecting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's offer of face-to-face talks.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 June 2026
Adjective
  • There's cynic Kate (Fey) and her golden retriever husband Jack (Forte), even more cynical and gossipy Danny (Domingo) and his urbane husband Claude (Marco Calvani), Nick's aggrieved ex-wife Anne and his very pregnant girlfriend Ginny.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 28 May 2026
  • Petrie, Doz and Morrow play multiple roles, including a gossipy Greek chorus and the band of merry fisherman (truly an astonishing array of Canadian accent work on display).
    Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Look for alcohol-free, subtle formulas the goal is a whisper of fragrance, not a perfume cloud that announces itself from across the room.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026
  • In biergartens, servers carry trays where alcohol‑free helles — a traditional pale lager — sits shoulder‑to‑shoulder with the classic stuff, no longer ordered with a whisper or judgment.
    David Dickstein, Oc Register, 10 June 2026
Adjective
  • Mary disrupts Clark’s equilibrium with the Backrooms by refusing to validate his excuses for his behavior, fully calling out his failings, his petty assholery, and his glib, solipsistic lies.
    Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 29 May 2026
  • Every sentence arrives polished into bite-size emotional shorthand—ridiculous, slightly glib, but not entirely wrong.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 26 May 2026
Noun
  • Naturally, Bravo’s bigwigs and Cohen were pretty peeved to see gossip sites scooping them on their own reunion.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 10 June 2026
  • Platner hasn’t directly denied the texts and instead criticized the aide who talked to news outlets and accused the media of running gossip.
    Patrick Whittle, Fortune, 10 June 2026
Adjective
  • Pink is no comedian and many of the show’s bits fell flat, but the star’s fandom seemed genuine and her vocal prowess the envy of many a Tony nominee.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
  • The 79th Annual Tony Awards were a fitting coda to the 2025–26 Broadway season, offering all the requisite nostalgia, vocal prowess, ensemble energy, and a generous amount of pelvic thrusting.
    Lea Donenberg, Vogue, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • Mud, salt, dirt, and grass stains from shoes can lead to hard-to-remove stains in a hard-working mud room.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2026
  • Near milepost 399 on the parkway, about 10 miles south of Asheville, Lynch told the driver to head onto a dirt pullout, according to a news release by Ferguson’s office.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 6 June 2026
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“Talebearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talebearing. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.

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