pontificate

As the chaos unfolds, Greengrass doesn’t pontificate on the morality of these events and, in fact, maintains a rather neutral stance on them for most of the film, withholding judgment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Aged 70 and in good physical shape, he could have a long pontificate ahead of him.

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

His pontificate was a steady point of authority in an increasingly unstable world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025

But several events over the next few days and weeks will give Pope Leo a further chance to sketch out the priorities of his pontificate.

From BBC ● May 9, 2025

They pontificate upon the fluffiness of the popcorn, the sweetness of the chocolate.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

All this means it’s hard not to laugh when Hegseth pontificates about his hatred of “weirdos.”

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

With his 10 years as pontiff, Francis has now reigned longer than the 7.5 years average length of the previous 265 pontificates.

From Reuters ● Mar. 13, 2023

When Dudamel pontificates about music’s ability to unify communities and heal the soul, his voice comes through with pitch-perfect emotion.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2022

“For someone who pontificates to be undyingly pro woman, I am disgusted by your behavior and find it appalling you couldn’t understand why their parents are angry,” Matthews wrote.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2022

The captain stands behind me at the helm, and pontificates to his congregation of one.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

In 2009, Christine Smallwood wrote an article for The Baffler in which she pontificated as to what the internet would look like, if it were made physical.

From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2026

On Monday’s episode of The View, co-host Whoopi Goldberg pontificated on the matter for an entire segment, reading from Van der Velden’s apology before going in for the takedown.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2025

I listened where before I might only have pontificated.

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2025

Some recalled tales from the Cannes Film Festival; others debated the merits of different artificial intelligence platforms and pontificated on the future of “wearable AI.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2023

For days, columnists, editorial and letter writers across Britain pontificated on the meaning of the Wandii's verdict and the validity of an addiction to hacking as a defence.

From Underground by Suelette Dreyfus

The White House, in response to those remarks, said Madden should “stick to pontificating about pump-and-dump fraud schemes instead of international trade,” as MarketWatch reported last year.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 25, 2026

Your special opens with you pontificating on how much you love the pageantry of American stand-up specials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2025

He’s talking to a group of students at a historically Black college, not pontificating to the camera or charming potential investors.

From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2024

When he left the Pentagon, he dedicated himself to pontificating on the abundant sins of the Defense Department — and he was mostly right.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2024

They hear British news reports they cannot understand; they hear a Berlin woman pontificating about the proper makeup for a cocktail party.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr