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ramble

[ram-buhl] / ˈræm bəl /






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In plain language, that means he’s probably going to ramble late into the night about a bunch of baseless conspiracy theories.

From Slate Jul. 16, 2026

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

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

From BBC Sep. 22, 2024

“We did not write vows ahead of time, so maybe some planning there would have helped me ramble a bit less, but it was overall a good time for all!”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2024

It carried a ramble, a sound, a chant.

From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple

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

From The Wall Street Journal May 2, 2026

And the Rams had to deal with two of those soul-crushing rambles.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 25, 2024

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

"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

For once, nobody rambled, nobody went off script, and almost everyone remembered to thank their mum.

From BBC Feb. 28, 2026

Johnson rambled in his video about his weight, the stakes of this would-be battle and the “real tension” he has with Rogan.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 2025

The rest of the week went no better for Trump, who rambled and drifted during an event at the Economic Club of Chicago on Tuesday.

From Salon Oct. 16, 2024

While Millard rambled on about the history of the Map, I traced with my finger a vast and trackless desert in Asia.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

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

“Every time we talked about the prospect of peace, the stock market shot up like a rocket ship,” he said during a long and at times rambling address.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 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’re still some distance from Urum al-Kubra when I see blue smoke-haze hanging like cobwebs around the trees rambling up the hills.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell




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