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[chat] / tʃæt /




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“Really good defender. Had a good chat with him earlier. … he’s happy to be back in the big leagues.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

“You can chat with a 14-year-old and they’ll know about top notes, mid notes and low notes of cologne,” the brand consultant Chris Danton said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Why she’s looking for Walter is unclear, but as she and Lyssa chat, another wanderer enters, Judith, who exchanges barbed dialogue with Quincy—and then invites her to join the brunch.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

She relied heavily on information found in millions of documents provided in the case from Meta, including internal research, employee emails, and chat logs, all the way up Zuckerberg.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

“You know what? Mr. and Mrs. Meyer, would you mind waiting in the lobby? I’d love to chat a little with Gabe, and then we can bring you back in.”

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

How are CEOs encouraging workers to DM less and use group chats more?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

That idea sent me down a rabbit hole involving real-estate agents, tiny shoebox apartments and frustrating chats with mortgage brokers.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

The searches showed Claude chats for which a user had decided to "share" a link had been saved by search engines like Google, leaving them accessible to the broader public.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

There were whistles, Signal chats, legal observers, carpools, rent funds, and grocery deliveries.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

Mitchell, she looks forward to your chats more than anything else here.

From "Doing Time Online" by Jan Siebold

Burnham has also chatted while on a jog with popular athlete Farah, who has millions of followers across social media platforms.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

"I walked and chatted to some of them in shock really," the 54-year-old jewellery maker said.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Recently he chatted with The Times to discuss the process of continuing the fest’s revival and why it’s still a vital part of the summer festival ecosystem.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Groups chatted under the hot sun, until the distant sound of a whistle caused a hush to spread.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

All the while Uncle D called her “sis” and poked her and chatted away with her.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia

Brazel said the BMW was "extensively damaged" and that when the motorist "pulled back the deployed airbag he expected to find the driver dead", instead he found Dangerfield chatting on his phone.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

In the restaurant, the friends catch up, chatting about the cars they drove here, the progress of their current car projects and the route for the day.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

“The four of us have been chatting about this a little bit and we got excited,” Dean said in an interview at his Palo Alto, Calif., home Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

But after chatting with a mortgage adviser they went ahead - and say it's helped them avoid the so-called singles tax.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

The priest and the barber spent long hours chatting with their friend, just as they had in the good old days.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios




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