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Anyone who has ever watched an interview with Mr. McConaughey, or delved into his enchanting memoir “Greenlights,” is aware that listening to him gab is a treat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

"Laurent had the good-natured gab, Simone the uncompromising discourse," French newspaper Le Monde said of the Gbagbos' political partnership.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025

Workplaces provided easy ways to form friendships or at least gab by the water cooler—a particularly important resource in a country where 15 percent of Americans have one close friend, if any.

From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2024

In his five days on the stand, Watson brought his trademark suaveness and gift of gab — and why not?

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2024

In between pat- frisking inmates as they entered or exited the mess hall, there was time to just stand around and gab.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

Paul puts ‘bust’ in filibuster He doesn’t make it on the list of longest Senate gabs — but reading from Twitter instead of phone books might be a first.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2013

And in an era in which Lady Gaga gabs on about subverting gender and sexuality norms, these fellows strut the strut.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2012

Mark, a towering, perennially upbeat presence, relentlessly gabs away; Jay, short and bearded, lingers alongside.

From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2010

Scarlet gabs on a phone attached to the wall, Ruby reads a book, and Carmen admires herself in the sunlight that cascades through a window.

From Slate ● May 26, 2009

Mrs. Fischer gabs about our quest to save the coyote until Ms. Andrews cuts her off.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

I regrouped with my friends outside, mentally preoccupied as they gabbed about more interesting matters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2023

The two strangers gabbed on and on as FitzGerald turned off the highway and looped through side streets.

From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2022

“I thought she was stunning, unpretentious and real. She asked about Bella and didn’t talk about herself. We gabbed until 3 a.m.”

From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2021

Later, backstage, she gabbed with Blair Michaels, another one of Town’s original drag queens, who had traveled from Buffalo and walked with a cane after recent hip surgery.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2018

He’d have gabbed about it all day except that Mayor Axelrod pulled him back to his duties as official photographer.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

As far as we can tell, Trump didn’t talk to Kamala Harris, in the row ahead of him, beside the Bidens, though she did shoot a look at Obama and Trump while they were gabbing.

From Slate ● Jan. 9, 2025

Sure, sometimes coworkers can feel like friends, but that doesn’t mean you can spend an hour gabbing about last night’s date.

From Salon ● Jan. 6, 2025

After much gabbing, those who share a strong connection get engaged and meet for the first time face to face before jetting off for a vacation in Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024

“One of my favorite moments in every art fair is when all of the exhibitors start gabbing with each other,” Freeman said.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2022

The night before the trip, we sisters stayed up late packing and gabbing.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez