gab

"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

It was a running joke that worked every time, but these segments made Kotb feel like a close friend you could gab with over margaritas after work.

From Salon ● Jan. 10, 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

For the entirety of his unorthodox political career, and for decades before in the hype-friendly confines of New York City real estate, Donald Trump’s gift for gab has always been an advantage.

From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2024

Behind Nat a deep voice rumbled, “Avast there, Ben Meeker! Stow that gab about being becalmed!”

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

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

Just around the corner from the VA hospital where Cline worked, families huddled maskless and gabbed over heaps of pasta at the local Olive Garden.

From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2021

Some people gabbed, some groused; others stood silently, forming a line that snaked around the block, waiting for Century 21, the Lower Manhattan bargain hunters’ mecca, to open for business.

From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 2020

Regulars like Clive Davis watched from home as classic-pop songwriter Carole Bayer Sager gabbed with guests in the screen rail.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2020

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

I didn’t want her to change her mind, so I just gabbed on about all sorts of rubbish till we got to Karly’s street.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

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

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

I’ll listen to any type of podcast as long as it’s diverting — an interview, a historical recapitulation, a true-crime saga, two pals gabbing.

From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2022

“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

It’s the same one I rode in to the Grotes’, with Mr. Sorenson gabbing cheerfully the whole way.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline