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 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
All three leads croon along with these pure emotions, each one believing they’ve grown to know each other, either through their own lyrics or Charles’ nonstop blather.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025
We need to see through his free-speech blather.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2025
Nobody asked you to talk, said Philomena.You done enough damage with your blather, so shut your yap.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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In the role of amped-up chrome-domed villain Dr. Robotnik, he blusters, he blathers, he snarks, he sneers and, above all, he shouts.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2022
If she wants to call witnesses to rebut specific lies he blathers, she can.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2021
“One of the things that almost every longtime survivor I know has commented on is how eerie it is to see them up there smiling and nodding while this fool blathers on,” he says.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 22, 2020
First, he sees through the pontification of the hall’s snooty administrator, who blathers on about the philanthropic purpose of wealth.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2016
Heather paints her nails on her desk blotter and blathers.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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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
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
I doubt it, but CNN blathered on in an effort to change my mind.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2010
There was one Canadian member of my clique, who always blathered on and on about how her parents had taken the appropriate legal channels to move to the United States.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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Anyway, out went the trivia and in came Malkin and Frazier blathering about how excited they are for a second season of “Adolescence” that Netflix has yet to confirm.
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2026
And don’t be surprised if I think you’re a blathering chucklehead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2025
And indeed, no matter the blathering on ESPN, no one within USC is under the impression Riley enters USC’s first year in the Big Ten in danger or under pressure from within.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2024
“I was letting off steam and it was more online blathering than anything,” he said.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
Just to stop me blathering on like that?
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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