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as in chatted
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
spent an hour on the phone prattling on about nothing in particular
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as in chattered
to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly
stop prattling and calmly tell us the news
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Emma Stone and Ariana Grande, seated just a table away from each other, shared a private moment catching up, while Clooney, Paltrow and Ethan Hawke chatted a few tables over.—
Andrea Mandell, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
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Falcons long snapper Liam McCullough chatted with reporters Monday.—
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Our lives and bodies conversed and chattered.—
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Clancy then walked in from behind the stage, carrying a bouquet of flowers as the students chattered.—
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Before the Globes, Chalamet talked to Entertainment Tonight at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Film Awards about the future of the lovebirds' date-night outfits.—
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Neil Krishnaswamy, a CFP and president of Krishna Wealth Planning in McKinney, Texas, has talked with clients about the 401(k) change.—
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Keong says these pillow protectors slide easily over her puffiest pillows, wash up well at the laundromat, and help prevent her new pillows from getting too drooled-on to be presentable for overnight guests.—
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Lee said that three thousand users have conversed with the company’s chatbot since its soft launch, in 2024.—
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Our lives and bodies conversed and chattered.—
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Thompson shouted out the star, who joined the show in 2022, during a stop on the Richer Lives by Sofi podcast.—
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People shouted over each other as the performers dithered over ideas and raced around the venue.—
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As Lindell babbled on about baseless conspiracy theories involving voting in De Baraso’s home state of Georgia, the 12-year-old shut him down.—
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And when the offense sputtered around midseason, there was little incentive to treat Prescott like a Pro Bowler, at least until the Cowboys’ last gasp at success in December.—
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The 49ers instead sputtered to a 13-3 defeat at the hands of the Seahawks, who finished the year 14-3.—
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“Prattled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prattled. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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