gab
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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
Now they're meeting at Mar-a-Lago in free-wheeling gab sessions around the golf course and the dining-room tables.
From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2024
“America’s Talking gab grabbing cable viewers,” USA Today, July 6, 1995.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2024
The elevator opens so I have no time to gab.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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
After her first date with now-fiancé Chris about a year ago, she gabbed with Marmo like any girlfriend would.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 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
He’s a guy who has actually governed, not just gabbed about it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2021
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
The two of them gabbed for a good five minutes before we resumed our slow march.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
They were the ones with the open bars, the gabbing salespeople, and the display of blinking cabinets set to free-play mode.
From Slate ● Nov. 18, 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
He has been a nightlife regular at a private club in NoHo, gabbing merrily with Ronn Torossian, a publicist with past ties to former President Donald J. Trump.
From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2021
The bathrooms were clean, and filled with kids, gabbing and gossiping.
From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
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