confab
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Recent moves in Treasurys have raised the stakes for Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh as he prepares to deliver his debut speech from the annual central-banking confab at Jackson Hole, Wyo., on Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Bieber was a headliner at WNDR, entertainment executive Jeffrey Katzenberg’s invitation-only confab at the Rosewood Miramar in Montecito last week.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2026
But at the Conservative Political Action Conference, the annual conservative confab held this year in suburban Dallas, the ongoing conflict with Iran seemed relatively remote.
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2026
If things get too exciting, and action seems imminent, players will frequently call timeout to have a confab in the middle of the field.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2026
While Jerry G. talked to Lord Elephant, some five miles away another important confab was taking place.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
They confabbed with doctors about his condition and translated their diagnoses.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2016
They confabbed in the centre of the clearing, and then hailed the table in the strange tongue.
From The White Waterfall by James Francis Dwyer
They confabbed for a while, and as Piddie comes out he's still explainin' how he's sure he don't know, but most likely Mr. Robert understands all about it.
From Torchy, Private Sec. by F. Foster Lincoln
He then went and confabbed for some minutes with the manageress, and returned.
From Field Hospital and Flying Column Being the Journal of an English Nursing Sister in Belgium & Russia by Violetta Thurstan
Mr. Percival was at home; and, without waiting to be announced, Ellery sprang up the stairs to the little sanctum where the two had confabbed on many a day.
From Jewel Weed by Harrison Fisher
In the film, which is part adventurous lark and part character study, Ballesta controls the frame as the unassuming Urtubia, who began as a simple bricklayer and rose to confabbing with Fidel Castro.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2023
The Twitter conversation was dominated by confabbing about Facebook; many of those occupying the fringe forums were first exposed to the sinister theories that now obsess them on Facebook.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2021
Who else would spend the morning after the premiere of his new film, the Coen brothers’ Hail, Caesar!, confabbing with Angela Merkel about the international refugee crisis?
From The Guardian ● Mar. 3, 2016
But days of private confabbing failed to spin a single propeller.
From Time Magazine Archive
"What are you boys confabbing about?" cried Belle, coming up, with a box of candy in her hand.
From Dave Porter at Star Ranch Or, The Cowboy's Secret by Edward Stratemeyer
