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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

They love to gab and hang out with the family.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 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 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

Every woman I’ve gabbed with this week, at least the ones who read the whole affidavit, mentioned that breezy, cheeky line.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2019

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

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

Each Friday through the election, the Surge will join host Mary Harris on Slate’s What Next podcast for 15 minutes of gabbing about the most important political nonsense of the week.

From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2024

Residents go to the post office on Fetters Mill Road near the old train tracks to snag their letters and packages while gabbing with friends and relatives they run into.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 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

“Right now we have to get out of sight. None of this matters if they bag us while we’re gabbing in broad daylight. I’ll go out again tonight, check things out.”

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi