blather
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In fact, I expected the outcome since about day seven, including China’s role in bringing about a settlement, though minus any blather on my part about a victory for the mullahs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
All of this speaks well of Betts’ intuition and intelligence, but the postseason is not the time for “trust the process” blather.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
"All this blather about Mr Adams being a member of the army council is not something you have to decide," he told the jury.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
Why not just ignore her and carry on with his usual blather about shower heads and windmills and tales of his former glory?
From Salon ● Jan. 26, 2024
“And I don’t want to hear you blather on about another case, Aunt Kitty—all right, Aunt Kate! But it’s time you do the listening to me for a change. No interruptions.”
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
If she wants to call witnesses to rebut specific lies he blathers, she can.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2021
Actually, these methods came from medicine .. which, contrary to most WashDC blathers, is as much soft-science as hard-science.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2018
He blathers on about Picasso as a rogue sociopath, a narcissist out to make someone suffer, maybe his mom or his dad or himself or the whole world.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2012
The Portuguese, meanwhile, hardly dare express hope in their striker, O Jogo merely announcing what is at stake by headlining "Bento banks on Postiga", while A Bola blathers about a titanic battle with Vikings.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2012
Heather paints her nails on her desk blotter and blathers.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
For now, though, Koepka is ascendant, and for all the reasons I've blathered on about for the last four hours, what he's accomplished in the past two years is more than just remarkable—it's singular.
From Golf Digest ● May 19, 2019
On television, they gave stumbling advice or blathered into obnoxious temper tantrums or flaunted their cosmic ineptitude at the flames of the charcoal grill.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2016
Pundits blathered above a ticker of the latest headlines.
From Slate ● Feb. 1, 2015
While reality TV shows blathered about "viewer interactivity", Lost fans were living it.
From The Guardian ● May 21, 2010
He caught himself before he blathered on anymore.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
And don’t be surprised if I think you’re a blathering chucklehead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2025
So it just seems like some blathering by a professor, and that is frustrating.
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2024
No, he wanted to read about it on Twitter, one factual post taking a blow torch to all the blathering opinions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
“I was letting off steam and it was more online blathering than anything,” he said.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
We gave ye a warning to stop the blathering but ye wouldn’t.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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