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ramble

[ram-buhl] / ˈræm bəl /






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His fusion of speaking and singing allows him to ramble as he embraces absurdity, non sequiturs and free association with a stand-up comic’s sense of timing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2026

He could come off as a know-it-all, and he tended to ramble when speaking.

From Salon Sep. 9, 2025

But, no objective observer could describe such a life as a "ramble".

From BBC Sep. 22, 2024

But ultimately, ABC’s decision to let Trump ramble at times felt judicious.

From Slate Sep. 11, 2024

I proceeded to ramble on as we walked, raving about all of my favorite Halcydonia titles and geeking out on Og in a classically embarrassing fashion.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Among their findings: Weekend automobile rambles were replacing church attendance.

From The Wall Street Journal May 2, 2026

Hendrickson rambles for too long before redirecting to his client, asking Lynch about some sort of media venture he’s working on.

From Slate Jul. 31, 2024

The sure-why-not plot, modeled on the California water grab in “Chinatown,” is less interesting than the charismatic cast that rambles along with Pine on his excellent adventure.

From New York Times May 10, 2024

"I like the humour of his mind. I like the fact that he that he rambles on but, more than that, he's given me the opportunity to learn so much."

From BBC Sep. 26, 2023

“This new voice of yours rambles on like thunder in the rainy season.”

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

Asked about defending Taiwan, she rambled about making sure “we are moving in all of our economic research and our global positions to avoid any such confrontation.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Within the monument, we rambled along Soda Lake Road, admiring windmills, an old ranch house now reserved for bats, and a few hills dotted with lazy cows.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 10, 2026

Gaffigan as Walz played up his Midwestern dad-ness and Carvey's Biden rambled while repeatedly calling Thompson's Harvey the name of other game show hosts.

From Salon Oct. 13, 2024

During the 10-minute phone interview, he ranted and rambled and seemed to be accidentally pressing various buttons on his phone, punctuating the broadcast with random beeping—that is, until he was ultimately cut off.

From Slate Aug. 27, 2024

I rambled off every detail, just like I had done with my parents, my brother, and my friends.

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds

The event itself is designed for these kinds of rambling discussions and unfettered hot takes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

Though often rambling and incoherent, the letters have taken up the court’s time.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 2026

The book also compared the UK to a "rambling stately home" in which the power was only on in some rooms.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

Drake still has an impeccable ear for production and an incredible talent for hook-writing, much in the same way that Trump knows how to make rambling sentences sing via his unorthodox delivery.

From Salon May 21, 2026

We all stayed in Nan’s rambling old house, where David, Justin, and I each had our own room.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan




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